This review paper summarizes the current state-of-art and challenges for the future developments of fiber-reinforced composites for structural applications with multifunctional …
Taking advantage of an extended design and manufacturing space for composites, the technology of fused filament fabrication (FFF) of continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastics …
A composite laminate may be designed as a permutation of several straight-fiber layers or as a matrix embracing fibers positioned in curvilinear paths. The former called a constant …
K Croft, L Lessard, D Pasini, M Hojjati, J Chen… - Composites Part A …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Automated Fiber placement (AFP) process shows great potential for efficient manufacturing of large composite structures. However, uncertainties exist on mechanical …
The automated fiber placement process (AFP) enables the manufacturing of large and geometrical complex fiber composite structures with high quality at low cycle times. Although …
D Budelmann, C Schmidt, D Meiners - Polymer composites, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The stickiness of prepregs (tack) is considered a decisive material property for the success of high‐quality composite manufacturing by automated lay‐up processes such as automated …
P Ribeiro, H Akhavan, A Teter… - Journal of Composite …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
A review on works that investigate the mechanical behaviour of variable stiffness composite laminated panels is carried out in this paper. The review mostly focuses on buckling, failure …
Variable stiffness composite laminates can be manufactured using Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) technology. An improvement in structural performance can be achieved by …
Abstract Laser-assisted Automated Tape Placement (LATP) in-situ consolidation of thermoplastic composites has significant potential to produce repeatable and accurate …