@inproceedings{57fd685a8a084ea29c5f5da806166c1e,
title = "Effect of weave structure on flax fibres reinforced polypropylene composites in stamp forming",
abstract = "This study investigates the effect of weave structure on flax fibre reinforced polypropylene composites in stamp forming, and develops FEA models to simulate the forming behaviour of composites. In this study, composites were fixed completely at the flange region and then formed into a hemispherical dome through a custom built stamping machine. Samples with different aspect ratio were investigated to obtain different major forming paths exhibited in composites. The ARAMIS{\texttrademark} system uses two high-resolution CCD (Charge-coupled device) cameras to monitor the surface motion of specimens and calculates displacement and strain deformation at every stage using photogrammetric methodologies. Experimental observations were used to validate the FEA simulations developed in this study. Numerical simulations can accurately simulate strain evolutions of composites with varying geometries, and successfully predict the effect of weave structure on natural fibre composites in stamp forming.",
keywords = "Finite element model, Natural fibre composite, Stamp forming, Strain evolution",
author = "Wentian Wang and Adrian Lowe and Shankar Kalyanasundaram",
year = "2014",
month = nov,
day = "1",
language = "English",
series = "8th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, ACAM 2014, as Part of Engineers Australia Convention 2014",
publisher = "Engineers Australia",
pages = "990--997",
editor = "Raj Das and Sabu John",
booktitle = "8th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, ACAM 2014, as Part of Engineers Australia Convention 2014",
note = "8th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, ACAM 2014, as Part of Engineers Australia Convention 2014 ; Conference date: 25-11-2014 Through 26-11-2014",
}