Comparative study of tow buckling defect during preforming of structural composites based on vegetal fibers

Abstract : During the complex shape forming of composite fibrous reinforcement, the planar bending of roving tows results in an out-of-plane deflection, along with a rotation on its central axis. The need to accurately follow and quantify the mechanism of formation of such defect has led us to consider two 3D imaging techniques, of which, have been tested and compared in this work.