The Study of the Composites Fabric’s Shaping using an Augmented Lagrangian Approach

Abel Cherouat (1, 2) , Bouchaib Radi (3) , Abdelkhalek El Hami (4)

1 Gamma3 - Automatic mesh generation and advanced methods
2 UTT - Université de Technologie de Troyes
3 FSTE Errachidia - Faculté des Sciences et Techniques - Errachidia
4 INSA Rouen Normandie - Institut national des sciences appliquées Rouen Normandie

In this paper, we are interested in the forming of composite part by deep‐drawing and laying‐up processes. We present a new finite element model for the simulation of these processes. The augmented Lagrangian approach is adopted to treat the frictional contact between the composite fabric and the tools. It is based on a new way of writing the Coulomb’s friction law. The numerical simulation is carried out with Abaqus/Explicit software and some numerical results are given to validate the proposed numerical method.

Keywords: Augmented lagrangian; Composite fabric; Fibre behaviour; Resin behaviour; Co‐rotational formulation

Domains: Mechanical engineering [physics.class-ph]; Materials and structures in mechanics [physics.class-ph]; Modeling and Simulation

Abel Cherouat, Bouchaib Radi, Abdelkhalek El Hami. The Study of the Composites Fabric’s Shaping using an Augmented Lagrangian Approach. Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, 2009, 5 (2), pp.185-198. ⟨10.1163/157361109787959868⟩. ⟨hal-02285979⟩