Journal
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
Volume 169, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2023.107520
Keywords
A; Carbon fibers; B; Wettability; C; Process Modeling; E; Resin Flow
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We propose a methodology to monitor the saturation of a non-translucent unidirectional carbon fabric stack and extract the dynamic saturation curves using X-ray radiography and image analysis. Constant flow rate injections were performed at increasing flow speeds and simulated using a numerical two-phase flow model. The hydraulic functions describing pressure and relative permeability versus saturation were determined by fitting the saturation curves using an optimization routine. The resulting capillary pressure curves and the calculated capillary pressure correlate well with the change in the averaged dynamic contact angle.
We propose a methodology to monitor the progressive saturation of a non-translucent unidirectional carbon fabric stack through its thickness by means of X-ray radiography and extract the dynamic saturation curves using image analysis. Four constant flow rate injections with increasing flow speed were carried out. These were simulated by a numerical two-phase flow model for both capillary and viscous leading flow conditions. The hydraulic functions describing pressure and relative permeability versus saturation were determined by fitting the saturation curves using a heuristic optimization routine. As the fluid velocity increases and the flow regime at the flow front shifts from capillary to hydrodynamically driven, the resulting capillary pressure curves for a given saturation level are shifted to higher values, from negative to positive. These as well as the capillary pressure calculated from the pressure drop within the unsaturated region of the fabric correlate well with a corresponding change in the averaged dynamic contact angle.
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