Simulation of woven composite structures consider-ing manufacturing effects

In recent years, advanced material models have emerged in finite-element codes for the simulation of composite materials reproducing realistic failure mechanisms. Through the increased reliability in simulation, less conservative designs of composite structures have been made possible. However, most of the current numerical solutions are considering the composite material independently of real manufacturing conditions, which can strongly affect the local material architecture and properties. To extend the potential of composite structures, it is therefore necessary to enhance the simulation models by including additional information from the production processes. To answer this problematic, many works have focused on the detailed simulation of these processes and on the transfer of information between the simulation steps [1, 2].