INFLUENCES OF MOLD SCHEME ON RESIN PRESSURE AND PROCESSING QUALITY OF CO-CURED I-STIFFENED SKIN

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper, the influences of mold scheme on resin pressure distribution and processing quality of carbon fiber/bismaleimide resin I-stiffened skin fabricated by autoclave co-cured process were studied. Three kinds of mold schemes for two sides of stiffener were designed, including aluminum mold/aluminum mold, rubber mold/aluminum mold and rubber mold with corner reinforced by prepreg/aluminum mold. And resin pressure distribution inside I-stiffened skin processed with these three mold schemes was investigated by means of self-developed resin pressure online monitoring system. Furthermore, considering dimension and inner defects of I-stiffened skin, the influences of mold scheme on resin flow, fitting state between mold and prepreg stack and compaction process of prepreg stack were studied. The results show that rubber mold significantly improves fitting degree between mold and prepreg stack, thus increasing pressure transferring efficiency of mold and compaction degree of composite. The stiffness of the corner in rubber mold has a significant impact on processing quality of I-stiffened skin. Too low corner stiffness results in larger deformation of mold during processing, which is detrimental to fitting degree between aluminum mold placed at the other side and prepreg stack. It also leads to decrease in dimensional accuracy of I-stiffened skin. Nevertheless, appropriately increasing the corner stiffness of rubber mold can improve uniformity of compaction pressure and processing quality. The mold scheme, which uses rubber mold with reasonable stiffness and metal mold, is suitable for fabricating stiffened skin structure using autoclave co-cured process.

Key words: carbon fiber reinforced composite, stiffened-skin structure, autoclave process, co-cured, resin pressure

CLC Number:

TB332

LI Bo,ZHANG Wei-bo,WEN You-yi,MA Kai-wei. INFLUENCES OF MOLD SCHEME ON RESIN PRESSURE AND PROCESSING QUALITY OF CO-CURED I-STIFFENED SKIN[J]. Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Composites, 2018, 0(7): 74-81.

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