Simulation Optimization of the Filling Process of Vacuum Infusion Molding Process for Composite Yacht Hull

DOI

10.2991/emeit.2012.203How to use a DOI?

Keywords

yacht, VIMP, manufacturability evaluation, optimization, numerical simulation

Abstract

Vacuum infusion molding process(VIMP) is widely used for manufacturing the composite yacht hull, but the process parameters are designed by experience or lots of experiments. In this paper, the filling process of VIMP for composite yacht hull was deeply analyzed based on numerical simulation technology. Firstly, we simulated the filling process of yacht hull under different ply schemes, evaluated the manufacturability of the ply scheme based on the simulation results. Secondly, we determined the best runner layout pattern by simulating the filling process under four different runner layout patterns. Lastly, we studied the optimization method for gate locating of VIMP, established the mathematical model for optimizing the gate location and obtained the concrete form of the object function after a series of simulations, then obtained the optimal gate location result. The simulations also showed that it is inadvisable to reduce the filling time just by adding the gate quantity.

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© 2012, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Bo YANG
AU  - Tianguo JIN
AU  - Shenglong WANG
PY  - 2012/09
DA  - 2012/09
TI  - Simulation Optimization of the Filling Process of Vacuum Infusion Molding Process for Composite Yacht Hull
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Electronic & Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology (EMEIT 2012)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 940
EP  - 944
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/emeit.2012.203
DO  - 10.2991/emeit.2012.203
ID  - YANG2012/09
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