Wrinkles, puckers, and fiber bridging are among the major defects encountered in the Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) process, and are all different manifestations of fiber misalignment. The main driver for these defects are the residual stresses introduced in the tow during the deposition stage by the AFP head. In contrast, the tack between the deposited tape and the substrate is the resisting force against the formation of such defects. Tack may be defined as the ability of a material to form a bond immediately on contact with another surface. Tack is a very complex phenomenon that is influenced by a variety of process parameters including temperature, head pressure and speed, as well as degree of cure, moisture content, and surface roughness A physics-based modeling framework for simulation of tack was developed in this study that allows for prediction of tack response. The developed tack model is incorporated in the AFP placement modelling framework developed to simulate AFP defects.


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    Title :

    Experimental Calibration of a Numerical Model of Prepreg Tack for Predicting AFP Process Related Defects



    Conference:

    SAMPE 2018 ; 2018 ; Long Beach, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    2018-05-21


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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