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Inverse Identification of In‐Plane and Out‐Of‐Plane Behavior of High‐Performance Unidirectional Thermoplastic Composites in the Molten State

Badadjida Wintiba, Jérémy Chevalier, Frédéric Lani, Thierry J. Massart, Péter Z. Berke

Polymer Composites· Volume 47· Issue S1

Abstract

ABSTRACT A computational methodology for identifying the viscoelastic material parameters for thermoplastic unidirectional (UD) composites from bending and in‐plane shear tests in molten state is presented, using a hypo‐viscoelastic constitutive model. The key innovation lies in the numerical identification of in‐plane and out‐of‐plane material parameters from experimental data (bias extension and bending tests) through a reverse engineering approach employing an optimization algorithm and finite element (FE) simulations. The identified material parameters successfully reproduce the experimental bending and bias extension response for different loading rates.
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OpenAlex topics: Mechanical Behavior of Composites · Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization · Elasticity and Material Modeling

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Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Brussels Belgium

Material Science Application Center (MSAC), Syensqo Brussels Belgium

Grooveering SRL Loupoigne Belgium

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