Defect formation during preforming of a bi-axial non-crimp fabric with a pillar stitch pattern

To capture the asymmetrical shear behaviour of a bi-axial NCF with a pillar stitch, a non-orthogonal constitutive model was developed and implemented in finite element forming simulations. Preforming experiments indicate that the local distribution of defects is significantly different on both sides...

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Main Authors: Chen, S., McGregor, O.P.L., Harper, L.T., Endruweit, A., Warrior, N.A.
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37534/