SIMulation of new manufacturing PROcesses for Composite Structures (SIMPROCS)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bristol
Department Name: Aerospace Engineering
Abstract
A particular aspect of polymer matrix composites is that in most cases the material structure is defined in the final stages of manufacture. This provides both advantages and challenges. Existing composites technologies are reaching maturity (e.g. Airbus A350 and Boeing 787), and new material forms are being developed to take further advantage of the opportunities that composites can offer (e.g. spatially varying properties, multi- functionality, light weight). The detailed material microstructure (e.g. final fibre paths, local fibre volume fraction and imperfections) is determined by the various processes involved in their manufacture. These details ultimately control the integrity of composite structures, however this information is not available at the early stages of conceptual design and stress analysis. This lack of suitable predictive tools means that the design of composite structures is often based on costly iterations of design, prototyping, testing and redesign.
This Platform Grant will help replace some of this empiricism with fully predictive analysis capabilities. A suite of advanced composite manufacturing simulation tools will be developed, and a dedicated team of experienced researchers will be established to sustain knowledge on new simulation capabilities for new and emerging manufacturing methods.
In parts made by Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) much of the tow path optimisation to improve part quality and production rate is done at the manufacturing stage. The research will develop numerical models that can accurately predict the as-manufactured geometry and fibre paths, making virtual manufacturing data available at a much earlier stage of design, ensuring parts are manufactured right-first-time with a minimum of defects.
For liquid moulding technologies, it is necessary to control the deformable fibre preforms during handling, deposition, draping, infusion or high pressure injection using stabilisation techniques. However, some of these technologies are not yet widely used due to the lack of suitable modelling tools. The team will build on their extensive understanding of the compaction and consolidation processes in composite precursors, complex preforms and prepregs to devise process simulation tools that will unlock the full potential of new liquid moulding technologies.
To maximise the reach of this research, the team will ensure that the simulation tools are suitable for future industrialisation. The software generated will be fully documented, optimised and robust, so that it can serve as a focal point for collaborative research with academia and industry on advanced process simulation techniques for composites.
In the longer term, hybrid preforms and aligned discontinuous fibre composites will be explored. Hybrid preforms incorporate tailored metallic inserts or reinforcements (e.g. produced via additive layer manufacturing). Such technologies can only be optimised if appropriate numerical tools are available for suitable multi-material process simulation. Aligned discontinuous fibre composites based on novel manufacturing methods require new constitutive models and process simulation tools so that their complex forming characteristics, thermal distortion and final microstructure can be accurately predicted to facilitate their adoption by different industries.
Working at the forefront of composites technologies, this Platform Grant stands in a highly advantageous position to step ahead of the current manufacturing paradigm, where modelling and understanding are at best catching up with the technology development, and pave the way for the manufacturing of tomorrow.
This Platform Grant will help replace some of this empiricism with fully predictive analysis capabilities. A suite of advanced composite manufacturing simulation tools will be developed, and a dedicated team of experienced researchers will be established to sustain knowledge on new simulation capabilities for new and emerging manufacturing methods.
In parts made by Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) much of the tow path optimisation to improve part quality and production rate is done at the manufacturing stage. The research will develop numerical models that can accurately predict the as-manufactured geometry and fibre paths, making virtual manufacturing data available at a much earlier stage of design, ensuring parts are manufactured right-first-time with a minimum of defects.
For liquid moulding technologies, it is necessary to control the deformable fibre preforms during handling, deposition, draping, infusion or high pressure injection using stabilisation techniques. However, some of these technologies are not yet widely used due to the lack of suitable modelling tools. The team will build on their extensive understanding of the compaction and consolidation processes in composite precursors, complex preforms and prepregs to devise process simulation tools that will unlock the full potential of new liquid moulding technologies.
To maximise the reach of this research, the team will ensure that the simulation tools are suitable for future industrialisation. The software generated will be fully documented, optimised and robust, so that it can serve as a focal point for collaborative research with academia and industry on advanced process simulation techniques for composites.
In the longer term, hybrid preforms and aligned discontinuous fibre composites will be explored. Hybrid preforms incorporate tailored metallic inserts or reinforcements (e.g. produced via additive layer manufacturing). Such technologies can only be optimised if appropriate numerical tools are available for suitable multi-material process simulation. Aligned discontinuous fibre composites based on novel manufacturing methods require new constitutive models and process simulation tools so that their complex forming characteristics, thermal distortion and final microstructure can be accurately predicted to facilitate their adoption by different industries.
Working at the forefront of composites technologies, this Platform Grant stands in a highly advantageous position to step ahead of the current manufacturing paradigm, where modelling and understanding are at best catching up with the technology development, and pave the way for the manufacturing of tomorrow.
Planned Impact
The growing demand for composites in the aerospace and other industries places increased attention on performance and the rates and repeatability of manufacture. Highly competitive markets and stringent regulations push forward the need for new technologies. However, the adoption of emerging concepts is largely impeded by a lack of confidence and understanding of the potential, flexibility and fundamentals of the underlying processes. This Platform Grant will focus on the gaps that are not currently covered by any current composite manufacturing or materials research programmes or by any other UK programmes. A link needs to be forged between Materials Manipulation and Structural Mechanics so that advantage can be taken of the emerging materials and process capabilities in novel advanced products.
The grant will create a platform for a faster uptake of new manufacturing processes by industry and reliable certification of novel approaches. Growing awareness in industry that "understanding means predicting" makes numerical simulations a crucial element in the certification process, particularly when it concerns developing capabilities. It becomes clear that emerging advanced technologies for new composite material configurations cannot be dealt with in a conventional pyramid of testing and materials allowables approach. The manufacturing of tomorrow will need to deal with overwhelming complexity in the physical behaviour of composite constituents, diversity of internal architectures, large variety of process solutions, and complex material and process hybridisation. Even though this Programme Grant is not aiming to develop these certification processes, it will deliver the critical bridging step between the materials and processes and the design communities. Focusing efforts on the simulation of manufacturing processes, it will be in a good position to deliver the structurally critical information on material meso-structures into a mechanical performance analysis framework. It must be emphasised that this is currently a significant gap that is not being addressed in other programmes and that unless it is tackled many of the current investments will not be able to reach their full potential.
The work in this grant will thus make a considerable contribution to UK manufacturing capability as well as in the long term lead to more efficient and achievable design solutions. This will accelerate the insertion of new composite material technologies into the aerospace and automotive industries at lower cost, thus contributing to growth in the economy and reduction of carbon emissions. A community of industrial end users (with whom the investigators already have a wide network of contacts) will be engaged to contribute to and support the technical activities undertaken within the grant, with a view to identifying exploitation opportunities.
Another particular aspect of the grant's impact will be on the staff involved. As this is a key skills shortage area, it will help with staff retention and provide critical mass for the support of other grant activity. It will also have a strong training and staff development element, particularly in commercialisation of early stage research.
In an academic context, the work will advance the state-of-the-art in composites manufacturing simulation, providing new techniques and algorithms as a foundation for future research. A targeted academic and industrial audience will be reached through international conferences such as the International and European Conferences on Composite Materials (ICCM and ECCM), SAMPE Conferences and ICMAC. The strong track record of the investigators, as evidenced by their high citation rates, ensures that the results will be published in top international journals, which will maximise coverage.
The grant will create a platform for a faster uptake of new manufacturing processes by industry and reliable certification of novel approaches. Growing awareness in industry that "understanding means predicting" makes numerical simulations a crucial element in the certification process, particularly when it concerns developing capabilities. It becomes clear that emerging advanced technologies for new composite material configurations cannot be dealt with in a conventional pyramid of testing and materials allowables approach. The manufacturing of tomorrow will need to deal with overwhelming complexity in the physical behaviour of composite constituents, diversity of internal architectures, large variety of process solutions, and complex material and process hybridisation. Even though this Programme Grant is not aiming to develop these certification processes, it will deliver the critical bridging step between the materials and processes and the design communities. Focusing efforts on the simulation of manufacturing processes, it will be in a good position to deliver the structurally critical information on material meso-structures into a mechanical performance analysis framework. It must be emphasised that this is currently a significant gap that is not being addressed in other programmes and that unless it is tackled many of the current investments will not be able to reach their full potential.
The work in this grant will thus make a considerable contribution to UK manufacturing capability as well as in the long term lead to more efficient and achievable design solutions. This will accelerate the insertion of new composite material technologies into the aerospace and automotive industries at lower cost, thus contributing to growth in the economy and reduction of carbon emissions. A community of industrial end users (with whom the investigators already have a wide network of contacts) will be engaged to contribute to and support the technical activities undertaken within the grant, with a view to identifying exploitation opportunities.
Another particular aspect of the grant's impact will be on the staff involved. As this is a key skills shortage area, it will help with staff retention and provide critical mass for the support of other grant activity. It will also have a strong training and staff development element, particularly in commercialisation of early stage research.
In an academic context, the work will advance the state-of-the-art in composites manufacturing simulation, providing new techniques and algorithms as a foundation for future research. A targeted academic and industrial audience will be reached through international conferences such as the International and European Conferences on Composite Materials (ICCM and ECCM), SAMPE Conferences and ICMAC. The strong track record of the investigators, as evidenced by their high citation rates, ensures that the results will be published in top international journals, which will maximise coverage.
Organisations
- University of Bristol (Lead Research Organisation)
- Antich & Sons (Collaboration)
- Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC (Collaboration)
- Technical University of Munich (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- Rolls Royce Group Plc (Collaboration)
- Coriolis Composites (Collaboration)
- National Composites Centre (NCC) (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- Stelia Aerospace (Collaboration)
- University of Auckland (Collaboration)
- ESI Group (Collaboration)
- Ecole Centrale de Nantes (Collaboration)
- RWTH Aachen University (Collaboration)
- Airbus Group (Collaboration)
- M Wright & Sons Ltd (Collaboration)
- BOMBARDIER INC. (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (Collaboration)
- Optima3d (Collaboration)
- Dassault Systemes UK Ltd (Collaboration)
- LMAT Ltd (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- GKN (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Collaboration)
- BAE Systems (United Kingdom) (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Bombardier Aerospace (Project Partner)
- ESI Group (UK) (Project Partner)
- Tata Motors (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- National Composites Centre (Project Partner)
- Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- GKN (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Airbus (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
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Rashidi A
(2021)
Consolidation-driven wrinkling in carbon/epoxy woven fabric prepregs: An experimental and numerical study
in Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
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Sun X
(2020)
Virtual Un-manufacturing of Fibre-steered Preforms for Complex Geometry Composites
in Procedia Manufacturing
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Sun X
(2022)
Dry Textile Forming Simulations: A Benchmarking Exercise
in Frontiers in Materials
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Sun X
(2021)
"Un-forming" fibre-steered preforms: Towards fast and reliable production of complex composites parts
in Composites Science and Technology
Description | This project focussed on new software developments for simulation of composites manufacturing processes. The initial work has built on previous research from the University of Bristol for modelling carbon-fibre manufacturing processes in the aerospace industry. The focus here has been on increasing the speed of the simulations through more advanced numerical and mathematical algorithms, and developing the models for a greater range of materials. Working with our industrial partners, these models have been shown to have practical application in improving the quality of manufacture and thus saving cost and reducing scrap rates. A second workstream has been developed models for describing textile composite preform deformation. Here as with the above models, focus has been on streamlining the numerical efficiency, so that large, real-world components can be modelled to a high degree of accuracy and complexity. We are working with our industry partners to deploy this software to applications of interest for them. |
Exploitation Route | The main way to take the outcomes from this research forward is to work with our industry partners to apply the models to cases of interest for them. We are in addition working with other EPSRC funded projects to increase the amount of simulation included in composites manufacturing research. Finally we are identifying new challenges that need further research at the lower Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) that will be the subject of future EPSRC proposals. |
Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Transport |
Description | Numerical models have been deployed in a new project with BAE Systems, that has shown how simulation can be used to improve the thickness tolerance to which composite parts can be manufactured. This has the potential to save cost, by removing additional rework steps for out of tolerance parts and will save waste by reducing part scrap rate. In a different project, software for textile preform simulation has be been transferred to Rolls-Royce, where it is being used for simulation of weave geometry. This will help in the design of complex components and also reduce waste, since fewer physical trials will be required to achieve an optimised part. This software is now being extended to work with weaving companies to allow integration of information directly from preform manufacture into part design. Additionally new capability has been added for braiding simulation in partnership with the major commercial software provider Simulia. A third software capability has been deployed through the DETI programme, run by the National Composites Centre. This work is making some of the University of Bristol modelling capability more streamlined and automated, escalating the Technology Readiness Level of the capability. The output of this work will be used on a commercial project at the NCC for Rolls-Royce, to model composites component manufacturing processes. |
First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Transport |
Impact Types | Economic |
Description | A numerical tool to aid Design-for-Manufacture of injection over-moulded composite parts |
Amount | £194,437 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2022 |
End | 08/2023 |
Description | ADFP reset |
Amount | £350,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2019 |
End | 11/2021 |
Description | Advanced Continuous Tow Shearing in 3D (ACTS3D): Advanced fibre placement technology for manufacturing defect-free complex 3D composite structures |
Amount | £518,156 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/R023247/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2018 |
End | 04/2022 |
Description | Blade moulding simulation |
Amount | £24,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Rolls Royce Group Plc |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2022 |
End | 08/2022 |
Description | Composites: Made Faster - Rapid, physics-based simulation tools for composite manufacture |
Amount | £812,734 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/V039210/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2021 |
End | 11/2024 |
Description | DETI |
Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | West of England Combined Authority |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2020 |
End | 08/2022 |
Description | Improving composite part quality through validated real-time simulations |
Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2019 |
End | 11/2019 |
Description | Investigation of fine-scale flows in composites processing |
Amount | £938,435 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/S016996/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2019 |
End | 01/2023 |
Description | Layer by Layer curing |
Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2017 |
End | 06/2018 |
Description | SimTex - From modelling complex textiles to advanced braiding technologies |
Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2020 |
End | 06/2021 |
Description | SimTex - Modelling the next generation of textile composites |
Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2019 |
End | 03/2020 |
Description | Virtual Weave Development Platform for optimal design of 3D woven composites |
Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2021 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Virtual manufacturing: validation of laminate deformation processes |
Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Rolls Royce Group Plc |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2017 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | Virtual un-manufacturing of fibre-steered preforms for complex geometry composites |
Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2019 |
End | 08/2019 |
Title | A New Approach to Measuring Local Properties |
Description | Data for the paper of M.Turk et al on measuring local properties in enhanced preforms |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Too early for impacts |
URL | https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/1jsmmz8a3kp7y2ss529sf3sti7/ |
Title | Adaptive real-time characterisation of composite precursors in manufacturing |
Description | Experimental data accompanying the paper of A.Koptelov et al on new testing framework |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Too early for impacts |
URL | https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/1omtin2rdtf3620zbjrcowa4km/ |
Title | BCI GitLab |
Description | Finite Element user material models were made available as open source via GitLab |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Collaborative activities with international universities. |
URL | https://bristolcompositesinstitute.github.io |
Description | AMRC - EPSRC IAA industry partners - Virtual Weave Development Platform for optimal design of 3D woven composites |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Department | Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Airbus - SIMPROCS |
Organisation | Airbus Group |
Department | Airbus Operations |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | BAE - SIMPROCS |
Organisation | BAE Systems |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Bombardier - SIMPROCS |
Organisation | Bombardier Inc. |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | C & J Antich & Sons - EPSRC IAA industry partners - Virtual Weave Development Platform for optimal design of 3D woven composites |
Organisation | Antich & Sons |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Coriolis - SIMPROCS |
Organisation | Coriolis Composites |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Dassault Systemes - EPSRC IAA industry partners - SimTex - From modelling complex textiles to advanced braiding technologies |
Organisation | Dassault Systemes UK Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | EC Nantes - Researcher visit |
Organisation | Ecole Centrale de Nantes |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Conference paper (ESAFORM 2018) |
Collaborator Contribution | Conference paper (ESAFORM 2018) |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | ESI - SIMPROCS |
Organisation | ESI Group |
Country | France |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | GKN- SIMPROCS |
Organisation | GKN |
Department | GKN Aerospace |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | JLR - SIMPROCS |
Organisation | Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC |
Department | Jaguar Land Rover |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | LMAT - SIMPROCS |
Organisation | LMAT Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | M Wright and Sons Ltd - EPSRC IAA industry partners - Virtual Weave Development Platform for optimal design of 3D woven composites |
Organisation | M Wright & Sons Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | NCC - Braiding and Permeability Simulation - (Technology Pull Through project 2019-20) |
Organisation | National Composites Centre (NCC) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | New interaction with braiding technology team in the NCC; help the NCC for efficient braiding process modelling capability; identified manufacturing defect during braiding and infusion process. |
Collaborator Contribution | New interaction with braiding technology team in the NCC. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | NCC - SIMPROCS |
Organisation | National Composites Centre (NCC) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Optima3d - EPSRC IAA industry partners - Virtual Weave Development Platform for optimal design of 3D woven composites |
Organisation | Optima3d |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | RWTH Aachen University - Use of Hypodrape for the modelling of Thermoplastic forming |
Organisation | RWTH Aachen University |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Use of Hypodrape for the modelling of Thermoplastic forming |
Collaborator Contribution | Use of Hypodrape for the modelling of Thermoplastic forming |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Rolls-Royce SIMPROCS |
Organisation | Rolls Royce Group Plc |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Stelia Aerospace - New EngD on gaps and overlaps consolidation modelling and coupled Cure/Compaction/Residual model |
Organisation | Stelia Aerospace |
Country | France |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Interactions on technical topics and setting up new student project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Interactions on technical topics and setting up new student project. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Technical University of Munich - Predictive modelling of automated fibre placement processes collaboration |
Organisation | Technical University of Munich |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | TUM models form the basis of the virtual AFP platform developed at UoB |
Collaborator Contribution | TUM models form the basis of the virtual AFP platform developed at UoB |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | UBC Okanagan - Researcher visit - Hypodrape + Defgen model |
Organisation | University of British Columbia |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Publication in Composites Part A (2021) |
Collaborator Contribution | Publication in Composites Part A (2021) |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | University of Auckland - DefGen model - Effect of moisture on prepreg consolidation |
Organisation | University of Auckland |
Country | New Zealand |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Co-author on a thesis chapter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project consortium meetings and interactions on technical topics. |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | University of Exeter - Joint CDT project on "Intelligent forming rig" |
Organisation | University of Exeter |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Joint CDT project on "Intelligent forming rig" |
Collaborator Contribution | Joint CDT project on "Intelligent forming rig" |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | University of Warwick - Numerical simulation of high-rate compression moulding of combined SMC and prepreg - part of a Hub Fellowship |
Organisation | University of Warwick |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Interaction with Warwick about the use of the DefGen model for prepreg compaction |
Collaborator Contribution | Interaction with Warwick about the use of the DefGen model for prepreg compaction |
Impact | Too early in project for outcomes. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | SIMPROCS Industrial partner engagement meetings |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Workshops with industrial partners to disseminate the research findings and outcomes of the project. Attended by practising engineers and scientists from major UK aerospace and composite materials companies. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019,2020,2021 |