Bending properties play a significant role in the forming of textile composites reinforcements,
particularly in determining the shape of wrinkles. The physics related to the bending of …

The bias-extension test is a rather simple experiment aiming to determine in-plane shear
properties of textile composite reinforcements. However the mechanics during the test …

Due to application-specific tailoring, continuous fiber reinforced plastics (CoFRP) provide an
exceptional lightweight potential and are particularly suited for structural components. The …

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 …

This article presents a survey of the literature about the numerical forming of continuous fibre
reinforced composite material. This review shows that in spite of some models are defined …

Wrinkling is one of the main flaws that can appear during forming processes of textile
composite reinforcements. When the forming is carried out on a multi-layered fabric the …

A pre-consolidated thermoplastic advanced composite cross-ply sheet comprised of two
uniaxial plies orientated at 0/90° has been thermoformed using tooling based on the double …

Advancing in the process of extending the use of composites for structural parts applications,
it is inevitable to work on complex shapes. That is the main reason why understanding the …

Unidirectional non-crimp fabrics (UD-NCFs) are highly suitable for high-performance
components due to their excellent lightweight potential. However, during forming they are …

Thin composite shell structures manufactured from stitched unidirectional non-crimp fabrics
(UD-NCF) in a liquid composite moulding process provide high lightweight design …