Optimization of the infusion process with acrylic resin through physics-based simulation
Nihad Siddig, Yvan Denis, Antoine De Fontgalland, Damien Lecointe, Philippe Le Bot
Abstract. Wind blades are usually fabricated with the vacuum-assisted resin infusion process (VARTM), using thermoset resins, which exhibit recycling limitations. The ZEBRA project, led by the IRT Jules Verne, aims to accelerate circular economy by fabricating recyclable wind blades, regrouping major industrial players: LM Wind Power, Arkema, CANOE, Owens Corning, ENGIE and Suez (Fig. 1). Therefore, thermosets are replaced with the recyclable thermoplastic resin Elium® developed by ARKEMA. The fabrication of thick, large and complex components using reactive resins presents various physical and geometrical difficulties, such as infusion strategy, and the polymerization behavior of the Elium® resin. This paper addresses the use of simulation to predict the infusion and polymerization process for parts of different complexities.
Keywords
Composites, Thermoplastic, Simulation, Infusion, Polymerization
Published online 5/7/2025, 10 pages
Copyright © 2025 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Nihad Siddig, Yvan Denis, Antoine De Fontgalland, Damien Lecointe, Philippe Le Bot, Optimization of the infusion process with acrylic resin through physics-based simulation, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 54, pp 507-516, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903599-55
The article was published as article 55 of the book Material Forming
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