Numerical simulation on void formation and migration using Stokes-Brinkman coupling with effective dual-scale fibrous porous media
2022 (English)In: Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, ISSN 1359-835X, E-ISSN 1878-5840, Vol. 152, article id 106683Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Stokes-Brinkman coupling with the optimal characteristic parameters is applied to evaluate void formation and migration in effective dual-scale fibrous porous media during liquid composite molding. The optimal parameters, i.e., the effective viscosity in the continuous interfacial stress condition and stress jump coefficient in the stress jump condition, are accurately characterized. A series of multiphase flow simulations have been conducted to describe the evolutions of the void formation and its migration against the flow front position of the resin. We report that the voids are formed at low tow permeabilities and small aspect ratios of the fiber tow (relatively narrow channel). The distance between two fiber tows is observed to affect the number of voids formed. Voids immerged in resin subjected to a high permeability and a large surface tension yield a large mobility. Results from the particle tracing method reveal that in the case of high permeability and large surface tension, enhanced seepage flow adjacent to the flow front is formed because of the fountain flow nature and the bubble pushing mechanism, from which the voids in these cases migrate faster and therefore can easily escape from the resin.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2022. Vol. 152, article id 106683
Keywords [en]
Optimal Stokes-Brinkman coupling, Void formation and migration, Seepage flow, Void mobility, Liquid Composite Molding
National Category
Fluid Mechanics
Research subject
Fluid Mechanics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-87588DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2021.106683ISI: 000711568800004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85117709854OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-87588DiVA, id: diva2:1605003
Funder
The Kempe Foundations
Note
Validerad;2021;Nivå 2;2021-10-25 (beamah);
Forskningsfinansiär: the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2019R1A2C1003974 and 2020M3D1A208095121); the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (21IFIPB133614-05); the Senior Talent Foundation of Jiangsu University (5501130016)
2021-10-212021-10-212025-02-09Bibliographically approved