Design and potentiality of an apparatus for measuring yarn/yarn and fabric/fabric friction

Gilles Hivet (1) , Samir Allaoui (1) , Boun Toum Cam (1) , Pierre Ouagne (1) , Damien Soulat (1)

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The market demand for thicker complex shaped structural composite parts is increasing. Processes of the Liquid Composite Moulding (LCM) family, such as Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) are considered to manufacture such parts. The first stage of the RTM process consists in the preforming of the part. During the pre-forming of multilayered reinforcements, frictions between the plies occur and need to be taken into account for the forming simulation. An experimental device designed to analyse the ply/ply and ply/ tool frictions has been set up. The different set up steps of the device are described. First results are presented, which show the ply/ply friction behaviour for a glass plain weave fabric. A specific contact behaviour has been observed for dry reinforcement fabric in comparison to non-technical textiles. A honing effect classically observed in dry fabric testing has also been pointed out through cyclic experiments. It can be attributed to both fibre material abrasion and fibre reorganisation inside the yarn.

Mots clés: RTM.Woven reinforcement . Friction . Fabrics . Contact . Tribology . Textiles . Friction measurements

Domaines: Mécanique des matériaux [physics.class-ph]; Mécanique des matériaux [physics.class-ph]

Gilles Hivet, Samir Allaoui, Boun Toum Cam, Pierre Ouagne, Damien Soulat. Design and potentiality of an apparatus for measuring yarn/yarn and fabric/fabric friction. Experimental Mechanics, 2012, 52 (8), pp.1123-1136. ⟨10.1007/s11340-011-9566-0⟩. ⟨hal-00772343⟩