模具对复合材料构件固化变形的影响分析

通过光纤光栅的方法实验研究了在热压罐成型工艺过程中,复合材料构件由金属固化模具与复合材料构件热不匹配导致的沿厚度方向和面内的固化残余应力发展,得到了固化后残余应力沿构件厚度方向和面内的分布情况,并分析了该残余应力分布的产生机制以及对构件固化后变形的影响.结果表明:复合材料与模具之间的热不匹配导致的固化残余应变沿构件厚度方向呈梯度分布,靠近模具端大于远离模具端,并且该应变会引起构件固化后的翘曲变形,变形以沿纤维方向为主.     

模具对柱面复合材料构件固化变形影响的有限元分析

针对复合材料构件固化变形问题, 分析了复合材料热压罐成型固化过程的多场耦合关系, 考虑模具的作用, 建立了柱面复合材料构件固化过程的有限元分析模型。基于此模型, 研究了模具材料、 模具厚度和模具形式对柱面复合材料构件固化变形的影响。结果表明: 模具对柱面件固化变形的影响较大, 模具材料与构件材料热膨胀系数(CTE)不匹配程度影响构件回弹角的大小; 模具的厚度不同, 导致构件的不同回弹角; 采用阴模时, 构件回弹角小于阳模的, 且回弹方向相反。     

复合材料残余应力和固化变形数值模拟及本构模型评价

为了评价不同固化本构模型,建立了预测复合材料构件残余应力/应变和固化变形的三维数值模型。该模型由热化学分析模块和热力分析模块构成,考虑了热化学耦合、材料性能的各向异性、化学收缩及黏弹性等因素。基于线弹性、黏弹性和Path-dependent三种典型的本构模型,预测了构件的残余应力/应变及固化变形。通过与试验结果对比,验证了所建数值模型的有效性,并重点研究了不同本构模型的适用性。结果表明,黏弹性本构模型最佳,对构件的残余应力/应变及固化变形的预测结果均较好; Path-dependent本构模型次之,对构件的残余应变和固化变形的预测结果较好,但对构件的残余应力的预测结果稍差;线弹性本构模型最差,除了对构件的残余应变和较薄构件的固化变形的预测结果较好外,其他预测结果都较差。     

带有铝板复合材料层板固化过程中残余应力演化

本文对两种材料组成的层板的残余应力进行了研究.提出应用有效温差并结合线膨胀系数对带有铝板复合材料层板固化成型过程中残余应力形成进行理论分析,其中残余应力主要考虑温度产生的.采用先进的光纤技术对带有铝板复合材料层板固化成型过程中残余应力进行试验研究,即将光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)分别埋入到复合材料内部及复合材料与铝板之间,监测固化全过程残余应变的演变,并且构件最终变形与理论分析释放残余应力方向一致.     

热固性树脂基复合材料构件固化变形数值模型

针对树脂基复合材料构件固化过程中的固化翘曲变形这一关键技术问题,通过引入剪切系数的方法来代替固化过程中模具与复合材料之间的相互作用,建立了预报树脂基复合材料构件固化变形的数值计算模型。通过少量实验数据来确定模具与复合材料之间的剪切系数,进而预测复合材料构件的固化变形。通过与文献中实验结果的比较证明了所建立的模型具有较高的可靠性。实验与计算结果表明,该模型能够在不考虑复杂的材料参数变化的情况下对不同结构尺寸及不同工艺参数下的复合材料构件的固化变形进行较为准确地预测。     

热固性树脂基复合材料固化变形和残余应力数值模拟研究综述

固化变形和残余应力给复合材料的应用带来威胁,准确的预测固化变形和残余应力可以为复合材料的结构和工艺设计提供调整依据,减小固化变形和残余应力。数值模拟方法因其简单、预测精度高而被广泛采用。本文主要介绍了复合材料固化变形和残余应力数值模拟流程中包含的热传导-固化模块、流动压实模块和应力变形模块。重点详述了应力变形模块中本构方程和模型-构件之间相互作用力研究的最新发展,为固化变形和残余应力预测提供方向和参考。简要讨论当前复合材料固化变形和残余应力预测的主要发展方向。     

非热压罐工艺模具对复合材料加筋壁板固化变形影响的有限元分析

通过真空袋成型工艺,利用CYCOM 5320-1材料体系制备了碳纤维/树脂基复合材料T型加筋壁板,并应用激光跟踪仪测量了其固化变形量。针对考虑模具影响和不考虑模具影响两种情况,利用有限元方法模拟了该加筋壁板固化过程。结果表明：数值模拟固化变形趋势和实验结果趋势相同,在宽度方向上吻合较好。考虑模具因素比未考虑模具因素的模拟结果更接近真实变形值,这是由于复合材料在达到树脂凝胶点之前,模具受热挤压模腔,导致构件产生永久性变形造成的。     

光纤布拉格光栅监测复合材料固化

复合材料层合板在固化成型过程中形成的残余应变和应力是影响材料质量的重要因素,它与预浸料铺层在固化工艺过程中产生的应变密切相关。在研究和测试了光纤布拉格光栅应变和温度传感器传感特性的基础上,将二者埋入复合材料预浸料铺层,在热压釜成型工艺过程中监测了材料内部的温度和应变发展历程,由此获得对称正交层合板的宏观残余应变。监测结果表明,单向和对称正交层合板在固化结束后都将产生收缩,对称正交层合板铺层内的残余应变平行于纤维方向为压应变,垂直于纤维方向为拉应变。光纤光栅传感器为复合材料固化监测及层合板残余应力分析提供了一种新的工具,为实现复合材料从制造到服役的全寿命、一体化监测提供了可能。      

树脂传递模塑工艺的模内固化及复合材料脱模变形

开展树脂传递模塑工艺的模内固化及复合材料脱模变形分析,有助于优化材料配方和反应加工条件,进而提高复合材料性能及稳定性。从热-化学模型、固化动力学模型、残余应力模型等方面简述了树脂固化的相关理论模型,综述了树脂固化反应及交联结构、物理力学性能演变的研究进展,以及复合材料内应力形成与发展和脱模变形的研究进展,进而从三个方面讨论了研究发展方向。     

工装模具对复合材料件固化变形影响的有限元分析

碳纤维增强树脂基复合材料整体化成型过程中,成型工装与复合材料构件之间的热不匹配、框架式工装变形及温度分布都会对复合材料构件的固化变形造成一定的不利影响。本文利用ABAQUS有限元分析软件,从工装结构形式和模具材质的角度分析了工装结构对U形复合材料件固化变形的影响。对于企业中广泛使用的3种成型工装结构(斜撑式、立柱式、侧板式),立柱式成型工装在加热固化过程中,温度分布更均匀,使复合材料件的固化变形更小;而在模具的材质(普通碳钢、Invar钢、复合材料)方面,复合材料模具由于热膨胀系数与U形结构件更接近,相对于其他材质的模具,对复合材料件的固化变形影响较小。     

纤维缠绕复合材料固化过程残余应力/应变的三维数值模拟

采用有限元分析软件ABAQUS,对具有金属内衬的纤维缠绕复合材料圆筒在固化过程中残余应力及应变的变化规律进行了模拟计算。采用FORTRAN语言编制了用以分析固化过程中残余应力的子程序,该子程序考虑了固化过程中复合材料力学性质的变化和由于树脂固化收缩产生的化学收缩应变。算例结果表明：复合材料和金属内衬的残余应力在初始阶段均接近于零,当固化到一定阶段,残余应力迅速增加并且很快达到最大值,在降温阶段释放了部分的残余应力;在整个固化过程中,金属内衬受到压应力,而纤维缠绕层受到拉应力。本文中的三维有限元模型可以得到任意时刻复合材料的温度及固化度分布,通过数值模拟可以有效地优化复合材料固化工艺参数,提高制件的质量。     

热固性树脂基复合材料热隔膜成型过程数值仿真

为研究制件成型过程中的层间滑移情况及固化后的回弹变形,首先,利用自行开发的热隔膜成型装置制备了热固性树脂基复合材料C型制件。同时,针对热隔膜成型过程建立了三维数值仿真模型;该模型由3个复合材料固化过程子模型构成,包括热-化学模型、层间滑移模型和固化变形模型。然后,在此基础上将固化过程中复合材料性能的时变特性引入到仿真模型中,并将仿真结果与文献中的实验结果进行比较。最后,利用建立的仿真模型对热隔膜成型过程进行了数值模拟,并与实验进行比对,重点研究了成型过程中温度、固化度分布、层间滑移以及固化变形情况。所得结果证明所建立的数值模型对热隔膜成型过程的预测具有较高的可靠性及准确性,可以为后续热隔膜成型参数优化和模具修正提供参考。      

Effect of curing stresses on the behaviour of fibre reinforced plastic composites under biaxial loading

Residual stresses are induced in fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) composites during fabrication and environmental exposure. The curing residual stresses induced during fabrication are mainly due to the thermal expansion mismatch of the constituents. The residual stresses can be either microresidual or macroresidual stresses. Macroresidual stresses in 0° plies and 90° plies of [90/0]_s symmetric cross-ply laminates are calculated starting with ply elastic and thermal properties for different material systems. The calculated curing stresses in Kevlar49/Epoxy unidirectional tape plies in the transverse direction are more than the transverse strength of the corresponding ply. First ply failure (FPF) envelopes are plotted using classical lamination theory and Tsai-Wu quadratic failure theory with and without considering the curing residual stresses. There is a significant effect of residual stresses on the FPF envelopes.     

A Raman study into the effect of transcrystallisation on thermal stresses in embedded single fibres

Thermal stresses have been measured in single carbon fibre polypropylene matrix composites using micro Raman spectroscopy. The study focuses on the influence of a transcrystalline interlayer on the thermal residual stress distribution in composites. A series of three experiments were made in order to systematically study the influence of thermal history, transcrystalline interlayer thickness and matrix supermolecular structure. From the experiments it was shown that the transcrystalline interlayer results in higher thermal residual shear stress. This was explained by anisotropy in the transcrystalline interlayer resulting in higher radial thermal expansion and thus higher radial stress.     

Asymmetric behaviour of fibrous metal matrix composites

Abstract

Experimental investigations have illustrated that unidirectional metal matrix composites (MMCs) show asymmetric behaviour under uniaxial tensile and compressive loading. This asymmetry occurs when the material is loaded along the fibre direction and also when loaded in the transverse direction. In this paper, results from finite element micromechanical models are presented. The models were used to study the asymmetric behaviour of unidirectional fibre reinforced MMCs subjected to longitudinal and transverse loading. The effects of the thermal residual stresses arising from the manufacturing process were included in the study. Also, the influence of the degree of bonding of fibre to matrix was examined, from perfectly bonded to completely debonded. Results reveal that thermal residual stresses are responsible for the asymmetric behaviour of the MMCs in the longitudinal direction. In transverse loading, both the degree of interface bonding and residual stresses account for the asymmetric behaviour. The predicted stress–strain response of the MMC shows good agreement with the available experimental data for both tènsile and compressive loading. Results also suggest that in order to predict accurately the yielding behaviour of MMCs, the current symmetric yield criteria require modification.     

模具对复合材料层合板固化成型影响的数值分析

针对复合材料层合结构与模具在固化工艺中的相互作用进行研究以提高制备精度。考虑摩擦力和粘结力在模具和制件接触界面间的共同作用,改进一种复合材料层合结构固化应变及应力情况的数值计算模型并与已有实验结果进行比较。引入弹簧单元建立固化工艺有限元模型,并对解析模型进行验证。最后通过解析模型对固化变形的影响因素进行探究。结果表明:所建立的解析预报模型具有较高的计算精度及一定的实用性;考虑模具作用的有限元模型可以更好地对层合板的变形趋势进行预报和分析。通过解析模型探究发现层合板长度、模具材料和表面情况均会对固化过程中的层间滑移产生影响,对工艺条件制定具有更好的指导意义。      

树脂基复合材料曲面结构件固化变形数值模拟

为了研究树脂基复合材料曲面结构件的固化变形过程,首先分析了碳纤维增强树脂基复合材料在固化过程中密度、模量、热膨胀系数、比热容及热传导系数等材料物性的变化,并将这些变化引入到数值模拟当中。接着,针对复合材料复杂曲面结构件,提出了利用定常流动的流线方程构建曲线坐标系的新方法。然后,根据建立的曲线坐标系,运用有限元法计算了某轻型飞机机翼上蒙皮板在固化过程中内部温度、固化度和内应力的分布情况以及材料物性随固化度的变化情况。最后,计算了由于内部温度场和固化度场的不均匀、热膨胀系数的各向异性和固化引起的树脂体积收缩而导致的结构变形。结果表明:引入材料物性变化使固化过程的数值模拟更加合理、模拟结果更加精确,利用定常流动的流线方程构建的曲线坐标系适用于复合材料曲面结构件的有限元分析。所得结论对研究树脂基复合材料的固化变形过程和各向异性复合材料复杂曲面构件的三维实体建模均具有指导意义。     

Experimental evaluation of residual stresses in single fibre composites by means of the fragmentation test

The residual stresses in both thermosetting and thermoplastic single-fibre composites have been experimentally evaluated by means of an original technique based on the continuous monitoring of the fragmentation test performed at various temperatures. The difference between the strain at the break of a single fibre in air and one embedded in a polymeric matrix has been measured as a function of temperature. By considering the compressive fibre modulus this strain difference has been converted into fibre compressive stresses related to the matrix thermal shrinkage after curing of the samples. In fact, as the test temperature increased, the thermal compressive stresses decreased until a zero value was obtained, corresponding to a so called stress free temperature, equal to the curing temperature for amorphous thermosetting matrix composites or equal to the matrix melting temperature for semicrystalline-thermoplastic matrix composites. The experimental results have been compared with data obtained from a theoretical model and a good agreement was found especially if the temperature dependence of the matrix Young's modulus and matrix thermal expansion coefficient are accounted for in the computation.     

Effects of temperature on the creep behaviour of woven and stitched composites

This paper presents an investigation of the tensile creep behaviour of woven fibre composite stitched, through the thickness, with cotton or carbon threads along the loading direction. Creep tests were conducted at various temperatures. It was found that the through-thickness stitching significantly improved the creep deformation and creep rupture resistance of these composites. The creep data were analysed using the ‘timetemperature-stress superposition principle’ theory (TTSSP). The long-term behaviour of the material could then be predicted by means of a master curve. Finite-element analyses of the composites was also carried out and the stitching was found to considerably reduce the interlaminar stresses.     

Effect of thermal residual stresses on the matrix failure under transverse compression at micromechanical level - A numerical and experimental study

The influence at micromechanical scale of thermal residual stresses, originating in the cooling down associated to the curing process of fibrous composites, on inter-fibre failure under transverse compression is studied. In particular, the effect of these stresses on the appearance of the first debonds is discussed analytically; later steps of the damage mechanism are analysed by means of a single fibre model, making use of the Boundary Element Method. The results are evaluated applying Interfacial Fracture Mechanics concepts. The conclusions obtained show, at least in the case of dilute fibre packing, the effect of thermal residual stresses on the appearance and initiation of growth to be negligible, and the morphology of the damage not to be significantly affected in comparison with the case in which these stresses are not considered. Experimental tests are carried out, the results agreeing with the conclusions derived from the numerical analysis.