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Permeability and capillary effects in a channel-wise non-crimp fabric

Salvatori, D
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Caglar, B
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Teixido, H
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2018
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING

Flow properties are investigated for a non-crimp glass fabric with large meso-channels designed for high-permeability, as compared to glass twill woven fabric. Saturated and unsaturated permeability are measured through in-plane, unidirectional, constant-pressure flow experiments. Capillary effects are evaluated following a novel approach based on the ratio of unsaturated and saturated permeability for a set of experiments conducted at capillary numbers varying over a large range from ∼4·10-5 to 4·10-1. The mesoscopic pore-space of the compacted fabrics is imaged with X-ray Tomography, and analyzed to propose permeability predictions based on the channels geometry, which correspond well to experimental results. Permeability is governed by viscous flow in the meso-channels. As a result, provided that the capillary number exceeds a threshold value, the permeability can be rather accurately measured in these dual-scale fabrics by carrying out unsaturated measurements, neglecting micro-flow and capillary effects.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.compositesa.2018.02.015
Web of Science ID

WOS:000429757400005

Author(s)
Salvatori, D
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Caglar, B
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Teixido, H
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Michaud, Véronique  
Date Issued

2018

Published in
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
Volume

108

Start page

41

End page

52

Subjects

Fabrics/textiles

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Permeability

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Liquid composite moulding

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Fibre tow infiltration

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REVIEWED

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November 8, 2018
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/150753
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