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Development and Testing of an Image Analysis Procedure for Quantification of Fibre Misalignment in Composites Materials

K.K. Kratmann^1,3, M.P.F. Sutcliffe², L.T. Lilleheden³, O.T. Thomsen¹, R. Pyrz¹

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aalborg University, Pontoppidanstræde 101, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark
2 Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 PZ, UK
3 Research & Development, Fiberline Composites A/S, Barmstedt Allé 5, DK-5500 Middelfart, Denmark

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences 2008, 7(1), 7-12. https://doi.org/10.3970/icces.2008.007.007

Abstract

This paper concerns the quantification of fibre misalignment in unidirectional carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites (UD CFRP). The motivation for determining the fibre misalignment is described and existing applicable methods are presented. The concept of a newly developed image analysis procedure is described and the test procedures used to verify the robustness and precision of the method are presented along with selected results.

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