Virtual testing of thermoplastic composites

Virtual testing of thermoplastic composites: Towards a hybrid simulation-physical testing pyramid

Tijs, B.H.A.H. (TU Delft Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics; GKN Aerospace)
Lopes, CS (IMDEA Materials Institute)
Turon, A. (University of Girona)
Bisagni, C. (TU Delft Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics)
Waleson, J. (GKN Aerospace)
van Ingen, J.W. (GKN Aerospace)
Veldman, S.L. (GKN Aerospace)

Watkins, Simon (editor)
Mohamed, Abdulghani (editor)

2018

This paper summarizes the implementation of a Virtual Testing methodology in an industrial environment to predict the mechanical behaviour of composite material through the different scales of the conventional physical testing pyramid. A robust Virtual Test Lab allows for the generation of virtual allowables, while advanced interface models ensure accurate simulation of critical interfaces up to structural level. Hybrid simulation-physical testing approaches, that can support both conventional rapid sizing and high-fidelity analysis methods, have been applied during the development of a thermoplastic orthogrid fuselage shell and will be coupled with the manufacturing process though a virtual process chain for the development of a thermoplastic fuselage for the next generation aircraft.

Virtual Testing
Thermoplastic composites
Interfaces
Fuselages
Virtual process chain

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b8015b6b-3221-444c-8950-79d121058e6b

9781510896932

Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Composite Materials: 24-28th June 2018, Athens, Greece

ECCM18: 18th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2018-06-24 → 2018-06-28, Athens, Greece

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conference paper

© 2018 B.H.A.H. Tijs, CS Lopes, A. Turon, C. Bisagni, J. Waleson, J.W. van Ingen, S.L. Veldman