The increase in the number of structural applications of composite materials, especially in
the aerospace and automotive industries, has led to a demand for robust models to simulate …

Textiles have been used as preforms for high-performance composite materials. Fiber
architecture of the preform has a decisive effect on mechanical properties of composite. As a …

A deep learning surrogate model is developed to rapidly predict the wrinkling patterns of a
biaxial non-crimp fabric (NCF) layup for any given tool geometry during forming. The …

The draping process of textile reinforcements is the first and one of the most critical steps in
manufacturing continuous fiber-reinforced polymer composites by Liquid Composite …

A new framework for optimising the process of forming dry textile materials using finite
element (FE) analysis and Gaussian Process (GP) regression is explored in this work. FE …

Increasing throughput in wind turbine blade production can be achieved by separately
manufacturing pre-shaped binder-stabilised dry preforms, and subsequently placing them in …

The formation of woven preforms is crucial for the quality and performance of textile
composites produced through the Liquid Composite Molding (LCM) process. However, the …

The analysis of the large deformation process of two-dimensional (2-D) fabrics helps to
obtain the new distribution of yarns' orientation and fiber in-plane density, which exert a …

The cantilever bending test is one of the simplest and most widely used methods to estimate
the bending stiffness of textile materials. A nonlinear moment–curvature relationship can be …

A global-to-local modelling strategy is presented based on a sub-modelling approach to
predict the formation of macroscale defects in bi-axial non-crimp fabric (NCF) during double …