Uncertainty quantification of fiber orientation distribution measurements for long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites

Sharma, Bhisham N.; Naragani, Diwakar; Nguyen, Ba Nghiep; Tucker, Charles L.; Sangid, Michael D.

doi:10.1177/0021998317733533

Title: Uncertainty quantification of fiber orientation distribution measurements for long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites

Abstract

Here, we present a detailed methodology for experimental measurement of fiber orientation distribution in injection-molded discontinuous fiber composites using the method of ellipses on two-dimensional cross sections. Best practices to avoid biases occurring during surface preparation and optical imaging of carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics are discussed. We developed a marker-based watershed transform routine for efficient image segmentation and the separation of touching fiber ellipses. The sensitivity of the averaged orientation tensor to the image sample size is studied for the case of long-fiber thermoplastics. A Mori–Tanaka implementation of the Eshelby model is then employed to quantify the sensitivity of elastic stiffness predictions to biases in the fiber orientation distribution measurements.

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^[1]; Naragani, Diwakar ^[1]; Nguyen, Ba Nghiep ^[2];

^[3];

^[1]

Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). Chemical Engineering. Shool of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Publication Date:: Thu Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1411878

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-122781
Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9983

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Composite Materials

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 52; Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9983

Publisher:: SAGE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; long-fiber thermoplastics; injection molding; fiber orientation distribution measurement; uncertainty quantification; elastic properties

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                    Sharma, Bhisham N., Naragani, Diwakar, Nguyen, Ba Nghiep, Tucker, Charles L., and Sangid, Michael D. Uncertainty quantification of fiber orientation distribution measurements for long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Sharma, Bhisham N., Naragani, Diwakar, Nguyen, Ba Nghiep, Tucker, Charles L., & Sangid, Michael D. Uncertainty quantification of fiber orientation distribution measurements for long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998317733533

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                    Sharma, Bhisham N., Naragani, Diwakar, Nguyen, Ba Nghiep, Tucker, Charles L., and Sangid, Michael D. Thu .  
"Uncertainty quantification of fiber orientation distribution measurements for long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998317733533.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1411878.

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  title        = {Uncertainty quantification of fiber orientation distribution measurements for long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites},

  author       = {Sharma, Bhisham N. and Naragani, Diwakar and Nguyen, Ba Nghiep and Tucker, Charles L. and Sangid, Michael D.},

  abstractNote = {Here, we present a detailed methodology for experimental measurement of fiber orientation distribution in injection-molded discontinuous fiber composites using the method of ellipses on two-dimensional cross sections. Best practices to avoid biases occurring during surface preparation and optical imaging of carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics are discussed. We developed a marker-based watershed transform routine for efficient image segmentation and the separation of touching fiber ellipses. The sensitivity of the averaged orientation tensor to the image sample size is studied for the case of long-fiber thermoplastics. A Mori–Tanaka implementation of the Eshelby model is then employed to quantify the sensitivity of elastic stiffness predictions to biases in the fiber orientation distribution measurements.},

  doi          = {10.1177/0021998317733533},

  journal      = {Journal of Composite Materials},

  number       = 13,

  volume       = 52,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Thu Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

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