Journal article
Formability of textile preforms for composite applications. Part 2: Evaluation experiments and modelling
Composites manufacturing, v 5(2)
1994
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Abstract
Formability is an important parameter in assessing the processability of fibrous preforms in various composite applications. A new approach is proposed in which selected characterization measurements are used to evaluate the forming behaviour of preform fabrics. In the first part of this study, experiments characterizing the deformation behaviour of textile preforms were carried out. These tests included in-plane tension, transverse compression, in-plane shear and out-of-plane bending. In this part of the study, in order to investigate the behaviour of the preform fabrics in a forming process, formability experiments using a designed geometry were performed with the selected textile preforms. Forming energy was chosen as the index to reflect the difficulty level in a forming process. The correlation between the results of the characterization tests and those of the formability experiments was analysed, and the dominant process parameters determined. It is shown that the proposed characterization tests can be used to evaluate effectively the textile fabric preform formability, which is crucial to the forming process of composite applications.
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- Title
- Formability of textile preforms for composite applications. Part 2: Evaluation experiments and modelling
- Creators
- Zhong Cai - Drexel UniversityJenny Z. Yu - Drexel UniversityFrank K. Ko - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Composites manufacturing, v 5(2)
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1994NT54400008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0028443224
- Other Identifier
- 991019173649204721
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- Engineering, Manufacturing
- Materials Science, Composites