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There is a substantial body of published work regarding composites process modelling in general, and more specifically the application of COMPRO to various modelling problems. A selection of literature is presented below:

Application of Composites Process Modelling

  1. Fernlund G, Floyd A, McKay S. Process Analysis and Tool Compensation for a Complex Composite Panel. presented at American Society for Composites 22nd Annual Technical Conference, Seattle, Sept 17-20 2007.
  2. Fernlund G, Floyd A, Shewfelt M, Hudek M. Process Analysis and Tool Compensation for Curved Composite L-Angles. presented at The Sixth Canadian-International Composites Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, Aug 14-17, 2007
  3. Fernlund G, Griffith J, Courdji R, Poursartip A. Experimental and Numberical Study of the Effect of Caul-Sheets on Corner Thinning of Composite Laminates. Comp Part A 2003: 33; 411-426
  4. Fernlund G, Poursartip A, Twigg G, Albert C. Residual Stress, Spring-In and Warpage in Autoclaved Composite Parts. ICCM 14 2003
  5. Fernlund G, Rahman N, Courdji R, Bresslaur M, Poursartip A, Willden K, Nelson K. Experimental and Numerical Study of the Effect of Cure Cycle, Tool Surface, Geometry and Lay-Up on the Dimensional Fidelity of Autoclave-Processed Composite Parts - Comp Part A 2002: 33; 341-351
  6. Albert C, Fernlund G. Spring-In and Warpage of Angled Composite Laminates - Comp Sci Tech 2002: 62; 1895-1912
  7. Fernlund G, Courdji R, Poursartip A, Hendrickson L, Nelson K, George P. Process Induced Deformations of the Boeing 777 Aft Strut Trailing Edge Fairing. Intl SAMPE Symp 2001: 46
  8. Fernlund G, Nelson K, Poursartip A. Modeling of Process Induced Deformations of Composite Shell Structures -Intl SAMPE Symp 2000: 45; 169-176
  9. Fernlund G, Poursartip A, Nelson K, Wilenski M, Swanstrom F. Process Modeling for Dimensional Control – Sensitivity Analysis of a Composite Spar Process. Int SAMPE Symp 1999; 44: 1745-1754
  10. Johnston A, Hubert P, Nelson K, Poursartip A. A Sensitivity Analysis of Factors Affecting the Warpage of a Composite Structure. Intl SAMPE Symp 1998; 43

COMPRO Theory and Background

  1. Fernlund G, Osooly A, Poursartip A, Vaziri R, Courdji R, Nelson K, George P, Hendrickson L, Griffith J. Finite Element Based Prediction of Process-Induced Deformation of Autoclaved Composite Structures Using 2D Process Analysis and 3D Structural Analysis. Comp Struc 2003; 62: 223-234
  2. Twigg G, Poursartip A, Fernlund G. An Experimental Method for Quantifying Tool-Part Shear Interaction Duing Composites Processing. Comp Sci Tech 2003: 63; 1985-2000.
  3. Zobeiry N, Rasekh A, Vaziri R, Poursartip A. Efficient Modelling Techniques for Predicting Processing Residual Stress and Deformation in Composite Parts. ICCM 14 2003
  4. Li H, Foschi R, Vaziri R, Fernlund G, Poursartip, A. Probability Based Modelling of Composites Manufacturing and its Application to Optimal Process Design. JCM 2002: 36(16); 1967-1990
  5. Johnston A, Vaziri R, Poursartip A. A Plane Strain Model for Process-Induced Deformation of Laminated Composite Structures. JCM 2001: 35(16); 1435-1469
  6. Hubert P, Poursartip A. A Method for the Direct Measurement of the Fibre Bed Compaction Curve of Composite Prepregs. Comp Part A 2001: 32; 179-187
  7. Twigg G, Poursartip A, Fernlund G. Tool-Part Interaction in Composites Processing. ICCM 13 2001
  8. Hubert P, Vaziri R, Poursartip A. A Two-Dimensional Flow Model for the Process Simulation of Complex Shape Composite Laminates. IJNME 1999: 44(1); 1-26