Investigation on the Influence of Pressure Terms in a Volume-Averaged Energy Balance in the Modelling of Liquid Composite Moulding Processes

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External Organisational units

  • Department of Aerospace Engineering, Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt

Abstract

The growing use of composite materials has generated interest in improving and optimising composite manufacturing processes such as Liquid Composite Moulding (LCM). In LCM, dry preforms are placed in a mould and impregnated with the matrix material. The efficiency of filling the moulds can be improved by using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) filling simulations during the design of the mould. As part of an on-going effort to develop a CFD tool for the simulation of LCM processes, a volume averaged energy balance equation has been derived and implemented in a custom OpenFOAM solver. The energy balance is implemented in a custom OpenFOAM solver with and without the pressure terms for comparison with results from RTM experiments. It is found that the pressure terms do not significantly influence the results for LCM processes.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationKey Engineering Materials
EditorsJoachim Hausmann
Pages480-486
Number of pages7
Volume809
ISBN (electronic)978-3-0357-3453-9
Publication statusPublished - 27 Jun 2019
Event22. Symposiums für Verbundwerkstoffe und Werkstoffverbunde - Kaiserslautern, Germany
Duration: 26 Jun 201928 Jun 2019
https://verbund2019.dgm.de/home/

Conference

Conference22. Symposiums für Verbundwerkstoffe und Werkstoffverbunde
Abbreviated titleVerbundwerkstoffe
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityKaiserslautern
Period26/06/1928/06/19
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