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Forming of Woven-Reinforced Thermoplastic-Matrix Composites: Characterization, Modelling, and Validation

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The objective of this article is to give an overview of the methods available in literature to model the forming of woven-reinforced thermoplastic-matrix composites. Modelling approaches, namely kinematic and mechanics-based, to simulate the forming process are discussed. The experimental tests for the determination of the necessary parameters are listed and discussed. A great part of the efforts has been devoted to the shear characterization since it is the most important deformation mode. The bending behaviour is usually neglected but it is starting to be considered since it is important to simulate the shape of wrinkles.

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Financial support by the Austrian Federal Government for research and development in the framework of the Austrian Competence Headquarter Program operated by ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Martín Machado & Zoltan Major

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Machado, M., Major, Z. (2017). Forming of Woven-Reinforced Thermoplastic-Matrix Composites: Characterization, Modelling, and Validation. In: Irschik, H., Belyaev, A., Krommer, M. (eds) Dynamics and Control of Advanced Structures and Machines. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43080-5_11

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