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© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.

Abstract

Permeability measurement of engineering textiles is a key step in preparing composite manufacturing processes. A radial flow experimental setup was used in this work to measure the unsaturated and saturated in-plane permeabilities of five different types of E-glass textiles and their ratios. In parallel, delayed tow saturation during the oil injection stage was visually observed to identify fabrics that exhibited a significant dual-scale effect. A numerical approach to determine the saturated permeability of a given fabric geometry at the mesoscale was tested and validated against analytical models found in the literature. It was then applied to a realistic geometry acquired from an E-glass plain weave textile using an X-ray microtomography scanner (μCT). Two numerical methods were adopted: the single-scale method, where the tows are considered impermeable, and the dual-scale method, where the permeability of the tows is taken into account. The numerical results from both methods were then compared with the experimental values and showed good agreement, especially with the second method.

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Title
Permeability Measurement of Glass-Fiber Textiles Used in Composites Industry Using Radial Flow Experimental Setup and Comparison with Image-Based Numerical Methods
Author
Boubaker, Mouadh 1 ; Wijaya, Willsen 2 ; Cantarel, Arthur 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Debenest, Gérald 4 ; Bickerton, Simon 2 

 Institut Clément Ader (ICA), CNRS UMR 5312, University of Toulouse, 65000 Tarbes, France; [email protected] (M.B.); [email protected] (A.C.); Institut Universitaire Technologique of Tarbes, Université Paul Sabatier UPS, 65000 Tarbes, France 
 Centre for Advanced Materials Manufacturing and Design, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand; [email protected] (W.W.); [email protected] (S.B.) 
 Institut Clément Ader (ICA), CNRS UMR 5312, University of Toulouse, 65000 Tarbes, France; [email protected] (M.B.); [email protected] (A.C.); Institut Universitaire Technologique of Tarbes, Université de Technologie Tarbes Occitanie Pyrénées UTTOP, 65000 Tarbes, France 
 Toulouse INP, Université Paul Sabatier, 31400 Toulouse, France; IMFT (Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse), Université de Toulouse, Allée Camille Soula, 31400 Toulouse, France 
First page
49
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
24134155
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3110685676
Copyright
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.