Experimental and numerical characterization of resin impregnation behavior in textile composites fabricated with micro-braiding technique

Fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites has poorer matrix resin impregnation to fiber reinforcements, because of extreme high viscosity of molten thermoplastics. Fabrication method of intermediate materials using micro-braiding technique has been developed to overcome these difficulties. In this s...

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Main Authors: Satoshi KOBAYASHI, Tetsuya MORIMOTO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2014-08-01
Series:Mechanical Engineering Journal
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mej/1/4/1_2014smm0031/_pdf/-char/en
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description Fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites has poorer matrix resin impregnation to fiber reinforcements, because of extreme high viscosity of molten thermoplastics. Fabrication method of intermediate materials using micro-braiding technique has been developed to overcome these difficulties. In this study, resin impregnation behavior in textile composites fabricated by micro-braiding technique was investigated. In order to predict the impregnation behavior, a simple model was proposed based on the Darcy's law and the continuity equation. Textiles composite plates were fabricated under various fabrication conditions using micro-braided yarn and the resin impregnation behavior in fiber yarn was investigated experimentally. The impregnation in single-ply textile composites is improved compared with that of multi-ply composites because single-ply composites have flatter fiber yarns which result in shorter impregnation distance. The numerical predictions calculated by boundary element method are in good agreement with the experimental results. This result suggests the effectiveness of the analysis proposed.
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spelling doaj.art-1c8b581e21c94abcbd192cef688791fd2022-12-21T23:14:20ZengThe Japan Society of Mechanical EngineersMechanical Engineering Journal2187-97452014-08-0114SMM0031SMM003110.1299/mej.2014smm0031mejExperimental and numerical characterization of resin impregnation behavior in textile composites fabricated with micro-braiding techniqueSatoshi KOBAYASHI0Tetsuya MORIMOTO1Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityJapan Aerospace Exploration AgencyFiber reinforced thermoplastic composites has poorer matrix resin impregnation to fiber reinforcements, because of extreme high viscosity of molten thermoplastics. Fabrication method of intermediate materials using micro-braiding technique has been developed to overcome these difficulties. In this study, resin impregnation behavior in textile composites fabricated by micro-braiding technique was investigated. In order to predict the impregnation behavior, a simple model was proposed based on the Darcy's law and the continuity equation. Textiles composite plates were fabricated under various fabrication conditions using micro-braided yarn and the resin impregnation behavior in fiber yarn was investigated experimentally. The impregnation in single-ply textile composites is improved compared with that of multi-ply composites because single-ply composites have flatter fiber yarns which result in shorter impregnation distance. The numerical predictions calculated by boundary element method are in good agreement with the experimental results. This result suggests the effectiveness of the analysis proposed.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mej/1/4/1_2014smm0031/_pdf/-char/entextilethermoplastic resincompression moldingcfrpanalytical modelling
spellingShingle Satoshi KOBAYASHI
Tetsuya MORIMOTO
Experimental and numerical characterization of resin impregnation behavior in textile composites fabricated with micro-braiding technique
Mechanical Engineering Journal
textile
thermoplastic resin
compression molding
cfrp
analytical modelling
title Experimental and numerical characterization of resin impregnation behavior in textile composites fabricated with micro-braiding technique
title_full Experimental and numerical characterization of resin impregnation behavior in textile composites fabricated with micro-braiding technique
title_fullStr Experimental and numerical characterization of resin impregnation behavior in textile composites fabricated with micro-braiding technique
title_full_unstemmed Experimental and numerical characterization of resin impregnation behavior in textile composites fabricated with micro-braiding technique
title_short Experimental and numerical characterization of resin impregnation behavior in textile composites fabricated with micro-braiding technique
title_sort experimental and numerical characterization of resin impregnation behavior in textile composites fabricated with micro braiding technique
topic textile
thermoplastic resin
compression molding
cfrp
analytical modelling
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mej/1/4/1_2014smm0031/_pdf/-char/en
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