Effect of specimen history on structure and in-plane permeability of woven fabrics

Before being processed into composites, reinforcement fabrics may undergo repeated involuntary deformation, the complete sequence of which is here referred to as specimen history. To mimic its effect, fabric specimens were subjected to sequences of defined shear operations. For single fabric layers...

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Main Authors: Endruweit, Andreas, Zeng, Xuesen, Long, Andrew C.
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Published: SAGE 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29542/
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author Endruweit, Andreas
Zeng, Xuesen
Long, Andrew C.
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Zeng, Xuesen
Long, Andrew C.
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description Before being processed into composites, reinforcement fabrics may undergo repeated involuntary deformation, the complete sequence of which is here referred to as specimen history. To mimic its effect, fabric specimens were subjected to sequences of defined shear operations. For single fabric layers with unconstrained thickness, quantitative evaluation of photographic image data indicated that repeated shear deformation results in a residual increase in inter-yarn gap width. This translates into an increase in measured fabric permeabilities in multi-layer lay-ups at given compaction levels. The extent of both interrelated effects increases with increasing yarn density in the fabric and with increasing maximum angle in the shear history. Additional numerical permeability predictions indicated that the increase in permeability may be partially reversed by through-thickness fabric compression. The observations suggest that the effect of involuntary deformation of the fabric structure can result in variations in the principal permeability values by factors of up to 2.
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spelling nottingham-295422020-05-04T17:07:19Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29542/ Effect of specimen history on structure and in-plane permeability of woven fabrics Endruweit, Andreas Zeng, Xuesen Long, Andrew C. Before being processed into composites, reinforcement fabrics may undergo repeated involuntary deformation, the complete sequence of which is here referred to as specimen history. To mimic its effect, fabric specimens were subjected to sequences of defined shear operations. For single fabric layers with unconstrained thickness, quantitative evaluation of photographic image data indicated that repeated shear deformation results in a residual increase in inter-yarn gap width. This translates into an increase in measured fabric permeabilities in multi-layer lay-ups at given compaction levels. The extent of both interrelated effects increases with increasing yarn density in the fabric and with increasing maximum angle in the shear history. Additional numerical permeability predictions indicated that the increase in permeability may be partially reversed by through-thickness fabric compression. The observations suggest that the effect of involuntary deformation of the fabric structure can result in variations in the principal permeability values by factors of up to 2. SAGE 2015-06-01 Article PeerReviewed Endruweit, Andreas, Zeng, Xuesen and Long, Andrew C. (2015) Effect of specimen history on structure and in-plane permeability of woven fabrics. Journal of Composite Materials, 49 (13). pp. 1563-1578. ISSN 0021-9983 Liquid Composite Moulding textile fabric permeability reproducibility shear http://jcm.sagepub.com/content/49/13/1563 doi:10.1177/0021998314536070 doi:10.1177/0021998314536070
spellingShingle Liquid Composite Moulding
textile fabric
permeability
reproducibility
shear
Endruweit, Andreas
Zeng, Xuesen
Long, Andrew C.
Effect of specimen history on structure and in-plane permeability of woven fabrics
title Effect of specimen history on structure and in-plane permeability of woven fabrics
title_full Effect of specimen history on structure and in-plane permeability of woven fabrics
title_fullStr Effect of specimen history on structure and in-plane permeability of woven fabrics
title_full_unstemmed Effect of specimen history on structure and in-plane permeability of woven fabrics
title_short Effect of specimen history on structure and in-plane permeability of woven fabrics
title_sort effect of specimen history on structure and in-plane permeability of woven fabrics
topic Liquid Composite Moulding
textile fabric
permeability
reproducibility
shear
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29542/
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