Modelling the permeability of random discontinuous carbon fibre preforms

Zhaofei Xiao, Xiaoling Liu, Lee T. Harper, Andreas Endruweit, Nicholas A. Warrior

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Abstract

A force-directed algorithm was developed to create representative geometrical models of fibre distributions in directed carbon fibre preforms. Local permeability values were calculated for the preform models depending on the local fibre orientation, distribution and volume fraction. The effect of binder content was incorporated by adjusting the principal permeability values of the meso-scale discontinuous fibre bundles, using corresponding experimental data obtained for unidirectional non-crimp fabrics. The model provides an upper boundary for the permeability of directed carbon fibre preform architectures, where predictions are within one standard deviation of the experimental mean for all architectures studied.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2739-2751
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Composite Materials
Volume54
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2020

Keywords

  • Permeability
  • computational modelling
  • discontinuous carbon fibre

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

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