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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- 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.
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Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Key Engineering Materials |
Editors | Joachim Hausmann |
Pages | 480-486 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Volume | 809 |
ISBN (electronic) | 978-3-0357-3453-9 |
Publication status | Published - 27 Jun 2019 |
Event | 22. Symposiums für Verbundwerkstoffe und Werkstoffverbunde - Kaiserslautern, Germany Duration: 26 Jun 2019 → 28 Jun 2019 https://verbund2019.dgm.de/home/ |
Conference
Conference | 22. Symposiums für Verbundwerkstoffe und Werkstoffverbunde |
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Abbreviated title | Verbundwerkstoffe |
Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Kaiserslautern |
Period | 26/06/19 → 28/06/19 |
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