Articles techniques et présentations

The current paper focuses on the creation of a consistent environment for the numerical prediction of the physical properties of polymer composite. A limitation factor for the successful simulation of composite processes is the correct estimation of the effective properties depending on several factors such as the constituents (fiber, polymer), the process setup. The numerical prediction of the material properties is therefore a solution to reduce the development time by minimizing the measurement efforts. The present prediction is based on the homogenization theory and offers more advantages compared with the analytical methods. The tool developed here gives the possibility to fast estimate the thermal properties at different level, and to investigate their sensitivity on process induced fluctuations of the final properties.