In composite materials, as anisotropic systems, the orientation state of parts highly impacts the resulting performance characteristics. In high rate processes of discontinuous material systems, the final orientation state is often dictated by molding flows rather than direct prescription. In this work, we address flow simulation of the compression molding process for prepreg platelet molding systems with the purpose of predicting orientation state. Such systems are formed by cutting and slitting prepreg composite tape into rectangular platelets of prescribed length and width. Typical molding simulation approaches have been previously developed for injection molding processes in which the fiber scale to part scale dictates relatively smooth spatial variation in orientation state.
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