TY - JOUR
T1 - Automated fibre placement based composite structures
T2 - Review on the defects, impacts and inspections techniques
AU - Oromiehie, Ebrahim
AU - Prusty, B. Gangadhara
AU - Compston, Paul
AU - Rajan, Ginu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/5/15
Y1 - 2019/5/15
N2 - Automated fibre placement (AFP)offers high throughput, efficient and accurate manufacturing methods for making multi-stiffened laminated composites. However, processing conditions, machine tolerances and steering of tape can induce small random defects within the laminate, which may compromise the structural integrity. Thus, this paper presents a comprehensive review on the processing/steering-induced defects in AFP and their influence on the quality of the final product. Three key processing parameters in AFP, specifically consolidation force, lay-up speed and curing/melting temperature are attempted elaborately. Additionally, the paper attempted to present the discussions on in-situ process monitoring as well as the Machine Learning (ML)based predictive models for AFP based composites.
AB - Automated fibre placement (AFP)offers high throughput, efficient and accurate manufacturing methods for making multi-stiffened laminated composites. However, processing conditions, machine tolerances and steering of tape can induce small random defects within the laminate, which may compromise the structural integrity. Thus, this paper presents a comprehensive review on the processing/steering-induced defects in AFP and their influence on the quality of the final product. Three key processing parameters in AFP, specifically consolidation force, lay-up speed and curing/melting temperature are attempted elaborately. Additionally, the paper attempted to present the discussions on in-situ process monitoring as well as the Machine Learning (ML)based predictive models for AFP based composites.
KW - Automated fibre placement
KW - In-situ condition monitoring and machine learning
KW - Processing defects
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U2 - 10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.110987
DO - 10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.110987
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85066233335
SN - 0263-8223
VL - 224
JO - Composite Structures
JF - Composite Structures
M1 - 110987
ER -