Journal
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
Volume 35, Issue 12, Pages 1419-1432Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2004.05.001
Keywords
polymer-matrix composites (PMCs); preform; resin transfer moulding (RTM); resin flow; optimization
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In liquid composite molding processes the resin is injected into the mold cavity, which contains pre-placed reinforcement fabrics, through openings known as gates while the displaced air leaves the mold through openings called as vents. Gate and vent locations determine process outputs such as fill time, pressure requirements and whether the fabrics will be saturated entirely, a requirement for the success of the mold filling operation. Disturbances such as racetracking, in which the resin flows faster along the edges of the mold, further complicate the gate and vent selection process. In this study, a cascaded optimization algorithm, which is created by integration of branch and bound search and map-based exhaustive search, is proposed for simultaneous gate and vent location optimization in the presence of racetracking. Three case studies are presented to demonstrate usefulness of this methodology and the results are validated in a Virtual Manufacturing Environment. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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