Fiber rearrangements during the molding of continuous fiber composites. I. Flat cloth to a hemisphere

✍ Scribed by R. E. Robertson; E. S. Hsiue; E. N. Sickafus; G. S. Y. Yeh

• Publisher: Society for Plastic Engineers
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 511 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0272-8397
• DOI: 10.1002/pc.750020309

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The goal of this series of reports is to develop rapid computational procedures for determining the rearrangement of fibers that occurs during the molding of continuous fiber composite components for flat layups. This report considers the shaping of a cloth into a hemisphere. /the numerical procedure developed predicts that a cloth can be shaped into a hemisphere without wrinkling. This prediction is compared with experiment, and various paramenters connected with the shaping calculation are discussed.