Composite Group Manufacturing Montana State University Pancasatya “Tiok” Agastra 27 November 2012
Impetus Superior mechanical performance of large composite structures through energy efficient manufacturing –Substructural details: ply drops, sandwich construction, ply joints Low cost manufacturing and increased turnover rate Understanding of resin reaction kinetics
Approach Quantification of manufacturing parameters –Industry-accepted composite manufacturing method: Resin Transfer Mold (RTM), Vacuum Bag Manufacturing modeling using FEA –Fluid flow, including free surface analysis –Heat transfer with autocatalytic reaction kinetics –FEA packages: ANSYS FLOTRAN, ANSYS CFX, COMSOL
Governing Equations for Manufacturing Modeling Navier-Stokes Equation with Darcy’s Law Conduction and Convection Enthalpy rate of release Autocatalytic Rate Law Integral Form of the Rate Law FLUID FLOW HEAT TRANSFER REACTION KINETICS
Manufacturing Methods RTMVacuum Bag
Manufacturing Parameter Quantification & Resin Characterization FlowrateTemperature Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Manufacturing Milestone
Blade Root Manufacturing
“Brick” Laminate
Microflow-Scale Modeling Resin flow in wind turbine blade materials is a complicated local and global phenomenon (channel flow plus D’Arcy flow in strands) Baseline Fiber Strand Permeability 6.16E-14 m² Higher Fiber Strand Permeability 6.16E-12 m² TRANSVERSE FLOWAXIAL FLOW Knytex D155 Cross Sectional Area
Heat Transfer Modeling RTMVacuum Bag
Fabric Compaction
COMSOL Coupled-Field Thermal-Fluid-Convection RTM with incoming resin
Large Scale Application
Future Work Flow properties –Viscosity and degree of cure correlation –Permeability and compaction Chemical and thermal properties –Thermal conductivity –Enthalpy release rates and heating rate