Recent advanced thermal interfacial materials: A review of conducting mechanisms and parameters of carbon materials

Abstract

Understanding the effect of process-induced residual stresses on the final shape of fiber-reinforced polymer composites is critical due to their widespread use in structural applications. It is crucial for more dependable composite production, as residual stresses change the internal stress level of the composite component during service life, and residual shape distortions may prevent the part from achieving the required geometrical tolerances. Residual strains are the result of many interplays among physical processes, such as heat transfer, material flow, polymerization, crystallization, or heat transfer. Numerical process models must be constructed instead of time-consuming and inefficient trial-and-error procedures to design and optimize the composite manufacturing process digitally. This study aims to review the model creation and applications for predicting residual stresses and form distortions in composite manufacturing. Uses for both thermoset and thermoplastic composites are investigated in detail. Predictions of the process-induced deformations of laminated composite structures have been made using elastic constitutive models, such as a plane strain finite element model with a cure-hardening, instantaneous linear elastic constitutive model. to learn more about the factors that lead to shape distortion and how they can be reduced, such as by adjusting cure cycles, tool surfaces, geometry, or lay-up.