INTRODUCTION OF AN ADVANCED FINITE ELEMENT MODELING PROGRAM FOR THE PULTRUSION PROCESS

摘要

Pultrusion is an important composite manufacturing process within the composites industry. As a continuous process, pultrusion is also one of the most efficient processes and leads to reproduce physical properties. However, due to the dynamic nature of the chemistry, process optimization can be difficult and intensive. Using a simulation modelling tool, based on finite element analysis (FEA), a methodology for understanding this complex system has been developed and applied to process optimization.