A novel discrete-edge ball end milling cutter: Suitable for milling weakly rigid curved CFRP parts

Y Li, F Wang, B Zhang, J Deng, R Fu, Q He… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reducing milling force is one of the most important methods to ensure the profile of weakly
rigid curved CFRP parts. In this regard, reducing the effective cutting-edge length is the most …

Formation of fiber composites with an epoxy matrix: state-of-the-art and future development

IЕ Uflyand, TF Irzhak, VI Irzhak - Materials and manufacturing …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, the analysis of the formation processes of fiber composites with an epoxy matrix
is carried out. Methods of their formation and arrangement of fibers are considered. The …

Design and numerical modelling strategy to form Tailored Fibre Placement preforms: Application to the tetrahedral part with orthotropic final configuration

J Simon, N Hamila, C Binetruy… - Composites Part A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Tailored Fibre Placement (TFP) allows manufacturing net shape preforms with
continuously varying orientations and thickness. This additive technology, combined with …

All you need is rotation: Construction of developable strips

T Maekawa, F Scholz - ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 2024 - dl.acm.org
We present a novel approach to generate developable strips along a space curve. The key
idea of the new method is to use the rotation angle between the Frenet frame of the input …

A vat photopolymerization process for structures reinforced with spatially steered flexible fibers

V Khatua, B Gurumoorthy, GK Ananthasuresh - Additive Manufacturing, 2024 - Elsevier
We present a modified vat photopolymerization process for realizing novel fiber-reinforced
composite parts wherein continuous fibers are selectively positioned and oriented across …

Accurate high-order derivatives of geodesic paths on smooth surfaces

F Scholz, T Maekawa - Computer-Aided Design, 2021 - Elsevier
We propose a new approach for the accurate numerical computation of high-order
derivatives along geodesic curves on surfaces. The method is based on the observation that …

Agent-Based Principal Strips Modeling for Freeform Surfaces in Architecture

H Chai, L Orozco, F Kannenberg, L Siriwardena… - Nexus Network …, 2024 - Springer
The principal curvature (PC) of a freeform surface, as an important indicator of its
fundamental features, is frequently used to guide their rationalization in the field of …

Approximation of doubly curved surfaces by analysis-suitable piecewise surfaces with high developability

F Scholz, S Nishikawa, M Takezawa, T Maekawa - The Visual Computer, 2023 - Springer
A doubly curved surface can be approximated with a piecewise developable surface by
constructing the envelope of the family of the tangent planes along given curves on the input …

Lines of curvature for log aesthetic surfaces characteristics investigation

RU Gobithaasan, YM Teh, KT Miura, WE Ong - Mathematics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lines of curvatures (LoCs) are curves on a surface that are derived from the first and second
fundamental forms, and have been used for shaping various types of surface. In this paper …

Selectively embedding multiple spatially steered fibers in polymer composite parts made using vat photopolymerization

V Khatua, B Gurumoorthy… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composite (FRPC) parts are mostly made as laminates, shells, or
surfaces wound with 2D fiber patterns even after the emergence of additive manufacturing …