Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4952641 | Computer-Aided Design | 2016 | 20 Pages |
Abstract
Fiber composite materials have unique, advantageous mechanical properties that have made them highly desirable in a range of industries. In particular, 3D woven-fiber composites are highly resistant to delamination compared with laminated 2D woven-fiber composites and have been adopted in various advanced products. This paper focuses on the design of 3D woven-fiber composite products and proposes a flattening simulation method for designed 3D models with constant thickness. The proposed method estimates the shape of a flat material and the fiber directions in the 3D model design; deformation phenomena of 3D woven-fiber materials are also considered in order to improve the accuracy of the proposed method. CT images are used to compare the simulation results with the actual deformation of 3D woven-fiber materials and confirm the ability of our method to effectively design the fiber direction base on the 3D model and to estimate the shape of flat materials.
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Authors
Kotaro Morioka, Yutaka Ohtake, Hiromasa Suzuki, Yukie Nagai, Hiroyuki Hishida, Koichi Inagaki, Takeshi Nakamura, Fumiaki Watanabe,