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Numerical and experimental investigation of the delamination in drilling of the carbon fiber-reinforced plastic composite

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During the drilling of the carbon fiber-reinforced plastic composite, delamination causes undesirable defects that degrade the quality of products. Thus, the backup plate has been adapted to the composite drilling to prevent delamination. In this study, we present a method to predict the delamination factor of composite laminate according to the cutting conditions as well as the backup plate condition using FE model. We analyzed the damage generated at the exit surface of the composite laminate, using cohesive zone model with user-defined material model of the Abaqus/Explicit software. Damage behavior was simply simulated and quantified to the delamination factor using the parameter criterion CSDMG. Furthermore, appropriate CSDMG variables were selected to predict the accurate delamination factors considering the backup plate condition. Based on the experiment, the delamination factor was calculated with the computed tomography images of the drilled workpiece to quantify the damage. Delamination factors of prediction results and experimental data were performed. It was observed that the maximum error was 10.1% and 19.6% with and without backup plate condition respectively.

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Funding

This research was supported by Digital twin for mechatronics-based smart manufacturing through the Institute for Information and Communications Technology Promotion (IITP) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea (No. 2020-0-01529), Development of an onsite facility-attached cryogenic machining-integrated system funded by Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (Kitech EO-20-0009), and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea (No. 2018R1A2B3007806 and 2017R1A5A1015311). Thus, the authors declare any funding or research grants (and their source) received in the course of study, research, or assembly of the manuscript.

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    Jaewoo Seo, Dong Chan Kim & Hyung Wook Park

  2. Research and Development Division, Daegu Mechatronics and Materials Institute, 32, Seongseogongdan-ro 11-gil, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, 42714, Republic of Korea

    Yeonoh Kim

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J Seo designed and performed the experiment, and derived the models. Y Kim and DC Kim assisted with measurement and data analysis. HW Park contributed to the analysis of the results and writing of the manuscript.

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Seo, J., Kim, Y., Kim, D.C. et al. Numerical and experimental investigation of the delamination in drilling of the carbon fiber-reinforced plastic composite. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 112, 2373–2387 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-020-06452-x

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