A mixed lubrication model for inter-ply friction behaviour of uncured fabric prepregs

Inter-ply friction plays a dominant role in the generation of fiber-path defects (e.g. wrinkling) in the consolidation stage of composites manufacturing. In particular, for most thermoset prepregs, the mixed lubrication regime can be a dominating factor controlling the frictional response over the range of the processing window. This article presents a generic computational modelling approach to describe the mixed lubrication regime by combining...