Kim, B.-S.Bernet, N.Sunderland, P.Månson, J.-A. E.2006-06-262006-06-262006-06-26200210.1177/0021998302036020882https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/232306The dimensional stability of V-shaped composite parts made from polyamide-12/carbon fibre (PA12/CF) commingled yarn has been studied. An anisotropic, thermoviscoelastic material model was implemented in a finite element solver to predict the internal stresses induced during the processing of the composite. Excellent correlation was found between predicted and experimentally measured stress profiles for compression-moulded parts. The stresses were related to the dimensional stability of the parts after demoulding and the effect of key processing parameters on dimensional stability was investigated.thermoviscoelasticityfinite element modellingspring-forwardspring-backinternal stressresidual stresstext::journal::journal article::research article