Through-thickness permeability study of orthogonal and angle-interlock woven fabrics
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Article Title | Through-thickness permeability study of orthogonal and angle-interlock woven fabrics |
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ERA Journal ID | 4930 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Xiao, Xueliang (Author), Endruweit, Andreas (Author), Zeng, Xuesen (Author), Hu, Jinlian (Author) and Long, Andrew (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Materials Science |
Journal Citation | 50 (3), pp. 1257-1266 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0022-2461 |
1573-4803 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-014-8683-4 |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10853-014-8683-4 |
Abstract | Three-dimensional (3D) woven textiles, including orthogonal and angle-interlock woven fabrics, exhibit high inter-laminar strength in addition to good in-plane mechanical properties and are particularly suitable for lightweight structural applications. Resin transfer moulding (RTM) is a cost-effective manufacturing process for composites with 3D-woven reinforcement. With increasing preform thickness, the influence of through-thickness permeability on RTM processing of composites becomes increasingly significant. This study proposes an analytical model for prediction of the through-thickness permeability, based on Poiseuille’s law for hydraulic ducts approximating realistic flow channel geometries in woven fabrics. The model is applied to four 3D-woven fabrics and three 2D-woven fabrics. The geometrical parameters of the fabrics were characterized by employing optical microscopy. For validation, the through-thickness permeability was determined experimentally. The equivalent permeability of inter-yarn gaps was found to account for approximately 90 % of the through-thickness permeability for the analysed fabrics. The analytical predictions agree well with the experimental data of the seven fabrics. |
Keywords | analytical predictions; angle-interlock woven fabrics; equivalent permeability; flow channel geometries; in-plane mechanical properties; manufacturing process; structural applications; through-thickness permeability; fluid flow, plastics processing; fiber products; textile products and processing; operations research; applied mathematics; materials science |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401605. Functional materials |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China |
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q40ww/through-thickness-permeability-study-of-orthogonal-and-angle-interlock-woven-fabrics
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