Abstract
An integrated computational materials engineering method is proposed in this paper for analyzing the design and preforming process of woven carbon fiber composites. The goal is to reduce the cost and time needed for the mass production of structural composites. It integrates the simulation methods from the micro-scale to the macro-scale to capture the behavior of the composite material in the preforming process. In this way, the time consuming and high cost physical experiments and prototypes in the development of the manufacturing process can be circumvented. This method contains three parts: the micro-scale representative volume element (RVE) simulation to characterize the material; the metamodeling algorithm to generate the constitutive equations; and the macro-scale preforming simulation to predict the behavior of the composite material during forming. The results show the potential of this approach as a guidance to the design of composite materials and its manufacturing process.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | ESAFORM 2016 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 19th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming |
Editors | Elias Cueto, Francisco Chinesta, Emmanuelle Abisset-Chavanne |
Publisher | American Institute of Physics Inc. |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780735414273 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 19 2016 |
Event | 19th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming, ESAFORM 2016 - Nantes, France Duration: Apr 27 2016 → Apr 29 2016 |
Publication series
Name | AIP Conference Proceedings |
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Volume | 1769 |
ISSN (Print) | 0094-243X |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1551-7616 |
Other
Other | 19th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming, ESAFORM 2016 |
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Country/Territory | France |
City | Nantes |
Period | 4/27/16 → 4/29/16 |
Funding
This work was supported through a subcontract from the Ford Motor Company with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy?s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), under Award Number DEEE0006867.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy