A viscoelastic approach for modeling bending behavior in finite element forming simulation of continuously fiber reinforced composites
07 Aug 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Dominik Dörr, Fabian J. Schirmaier, Frank Henning, Luise Kärger
An approach for modeling rate-dependent bending behavior in FE forming simulation for either a unidirectional or a woven/bidirectional reinforcement is presented. The applicability of the bending model to both fiber architectures is guaranteed by introducing either an orthogonal or a...