Accounting for the variability in 3D interlock fabric permeability through fluid flow simulations
Abstract
Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) processes used to manufacture high performance composite parts require an estimation of the fabric permeability and its variability. The value given to a constant intra-yarn permeability is thus a key parameter among many others studied in literature. To go further, the effect of variability into the intra-yarn permeability field onto 3D interlock fabric permeability is investigated. Reinforcements unit cells are modelled through material forming simulations which provide an intra-yarn fibre volume fraction (iy-FVF) field. The latter is used to locally compute an intra-yarn transversely isotropic permeability tensor field. Numerical simulations of dual-scale Stokes-Darcy coupled fluid flows between and within the yarns are performed with a monolithic approach by a Finite Element Method (FEM).
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