Curing distortion simulation applied to thermoset CFRP components

Simulación de la distorsión por curado aplicado a componentes CFRP con resina termoestable

J. González Cantero, S. Van-der-Veen, P. Bourbon

Abstract

Manufacturing Process Simulation (MPS) is on the rise nowadays to predict manufacturing defects and deviations, especially during the design phases where it allows the engineers to take earlier decisions and helps to reduce the manufacturing trials to go for a Right at First Time philosophy. MPS, focusing on composite materials, lies on the physical and chemical behavior of the material during the different stages of manufacturing (e.g. forming, infusion, curing, etc.) to predict defects, distortion and residual-stresses in the final component.

Airbus Group has developed simulation tools and defined procedures to obtain an accurate prediction of the shape of a thermoset CFRP component. These simulations are run by using a high-fidelity description of the material considering its chemical and physical behavior during the full curing cycle. Curing distortion shape is obtained by simulating the cure cycle on the properly meshed component. This procedure is shown on an industrial component, where the final deformation is validated with experimental measurements and it is linked with additional manufacturing process simulations.

The experience gained shows that future research should focus on linking up simulations of successive manufacturing steps: start by simulating the lay-up process or the forming, then carry across predicted fields such as real local fiber angle and volume fraction into the curing distortion prediction and so on up to high-fidelity simulation of the assembly of the airframe. A particular point of interest is the viscoelastic behavior in post-curing, as well as the analysis of the stress relaxation in ply overlaps during curing.

Keywords:

Manufacturing Process Simulation
Material Modelling
Curing Simulation
Curing Distortion

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J. González Cantero, S. Van-der-Veen and P. Bourbon, Curing distortion simulation applied to thermoset CFRP components, Materiales Compuestos (2023). Vol. 07 - COMUNICACIONES MATCOMP21 (2022), (Núm. 3 - Materiales y Estructuras - Modelos Numéricos), 7 URL https://www.scipedia.com/public/Review_447360982606

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