Advanced Structural Textile Composites Forming: Characterisation, Modelling, and Simulation comprehensively describes the influence of fiber/fabric architectures and properties on composites forming, along with their deformability and structural optimization, covering the latest advances in the composites forming field. Part one reviews textile reinforcement architectures and discusses the forming behaviors of important 2D and 3D fabrics. Part two discusses numerical models to conduct simulation analysis of different structural composites forming at mesoscopic and macroscopic scales, in particular, 3D preforms with through-the-thickness yarns. Part three looks at the latest developments in the relationship between forming and other steps in composite manufacturing, such as resin injection, and automated fiber placement (AFP) and the effects on certain mechanical properties, such as structural damage and impact resistance. The book will be an essential reference for academic researchers, industrial engineers and materials scientists working with the manufacture and design of fiber-reinforced composite materials.
Table of Contents
Part I: Mechanical properties of textile reinforcements and their formability 1. Classification of fibre reinforcement architecture 2. Characterizing the forming mechanics of woven engineering fabrics 3. Mechanical behaviours of the braided fabrics during the forming 4. Forming of Non Crimp Fabrics 5. Deformability and Preforming characterization of non-woven fabrics 6. Specificities of flax reinforcements: from plant growth to the forming of advanced composite materials 7. Formability of Warp and Weft Bound 3D Weaves for Composite Reinforcements 8. Formability of 3D orthogonal interlock woven composite reinforcement 9. Formability of through-the-thickness tufted reinforcements Part II: Forming modelling and simulations 10. Analyse and modelling of forming process at the meso-scale 11. Forming simulations with macroscopic approach 12. Modelling and simulation of the 3D interlock woven fabric forming 13. Thermo-Mechanical Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites at Forming Temperatures 14. Modeling of the forming Process for Multiple-Layer UHMWPE Incorporating Bending and Thickness Behaviors 15. Emerging Fast Simulations using Material Point Method Part III: Properties induced by the forming of structural textile composites 16. Textile composite damage analysis taking into account the preforming process 17. Composite preforming defects classification, involved mechanisms and induced mechanical properties 18. Stabbing and ballistic resistances of the pre-deformed multi-ply three-dimensional interlock fabrics 19. Fundamentals of fluid flow in fibrous preforms 20. Composite parts designed for Tailored Fiber Placement technology and the related manufacturing processes 21. Combining simulation methods and machine learning for efficient forming process development 22. An industrial perspective on the present and future of thermoforming of prepregs: applications, trends and challenges
Authors
Peng Wang Professor, mechanical engineering, University of Haute-Alsace, France.Peng Wang is a Professor of mechanical engineering at ENSISA of the University of Haute-Alsace, France. His primary research interests and expertise encompass textile composites forming, mechanical properties of textile reinforcements and composites, structure optimization, and process simulation. He particularly focuses on optimizing the manufacturing process and improving the service performance of composites by thoroughly studying the deformation behavior during the forming process of fiber-reinforced preforms.
Nahi�ne Hamila Professor, Dupuy De Lome Research Institute, Brittany, France.. Nahi�ne Hamila is a Professor at the Dupuy De Lome Research Institute, Brittany, France. His research work focuses on modelling and simulation of composite material, and to this end he has developed constitute model models for dry or prepreg composite reinforcements in a multiphysics and multi-scale framework. The specificity of his work lies in the link he establishes between the manufacturing process and the properties induced on the behavior of structural parts and their durability.
