Spring-back simulation of unidirectional carbon/epoxy flat laminate composite manufactured through autoclave process

• Main Authors: Mezeix, Laurent, Seman, Adam, Muhamad Nazreen, M. Nasir, Aminanda, Yulfian, Rivai, Ahmad, Castanie, Bruno, Olivier, Philippe, Ali, Karim Mansur
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/42291/1/paper_springback.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/42291/4/42291_Spring-back%20simulation%20of%20unidirectional%20carbon%20_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/42291/; http://www.journals.elsevier.com/composite-structures

This paper presents an original method in predicting the spring-back for composite aircraft structures manufactured through autoclave process. It uses explicit Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis. Firstly, the spring-back of unidirectional prepreg lay-up samples of different sizes and thicknesses is a...