Development of a test setup for the static and cyclic testing of a CF-SMC brake caliper within the framework of an integrative simulation workflow

Description

The development and design of an appropriate test setup becomes complex when investigating anisotropic high-performance materials such as carbon fiber (CF) reinforced polymers. This work presents the development of a test setup for the static and cyclic characterization of a novel motorcycle brake caliper design made of a thermoset-based carbon fiber reinforced sheet molding compound (CF-SMC). The entire process chain of the caliper is considered, starting from the calibration of the material model at the coupon level, through process simulations (compression molding) to obtain fiber orientation tensors, up to a full-scale structural simulation taking into account the mapped properties.

Period	12 Jul 2023
Event title	Siemens Realize LIVE 2023 Munich
Event type	Conference
Location	GermanyShow on map