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The Determination of a 3D Length Scale Using Long Reconstructed Fiber Paths

MATHEW SCHEY, SCOTT E. STAPLETON

Abstract


Carbon fiber reinforced composites often exhibit large amounts of property scatter. Attempts at understanding composite property scatter have led researchers to generate many 2D models which ignore the 3D phenomenon of entanglement. Previous studies of entanglement have suggested it is correlated to a length scale, but have not had large enough samples to determine its size. In this study, fiber paths of long, entangled, continuous fibers were extracted from CT data of an automotive grade, heavy tow composite. Descriptive metrics of these fiber paths were used to quantify the entanglement as a function of position along the fiber direction. Using this data, several minimum length scales for capturing the behavior of multiple descriptors were determined. These length scales revealed where statistical representation of 3D fiber models provides superior information to that of 2D models.


DOI
10.12783/asc37/36446

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