Alotaibi, H., Soutis, C. and Jabbari, M. orcid.org/0000-0003-3615-969X (2025) FEM and FVM Methods for Design and Manufacturing of Hierarchical Aerospace Composites: A Review. Applied Sciences, 15 (16). 8896. ISSN: 2076-3417
Abstract
The manufacturing of multiscale composite structures in aerospace engineering is governed by complex interactions among material heterogeneity, fluid rheology, and multiphysics phenomena—including thermal, chemical, electrical, and mechanical effects. These coupled processes introduce significant challenges during both processing and post-manufacturing stages, which are often difficult to resolve using traditional (experimental) trial-and-error approaches. This review explores the potential of advanced numerical methods and simulation frameworks to address these complexities. Emphasis is placed on the use of finite element and finite volume methods, along with their respective solution strategies and domain discretisation techniques, to solve the coupled governing equations involved in composite manufacturing processes. By integrating theory, computation, and physics-based understanding, these approaches enable predictive capability and design optimisation in the development of high-performance composite components for aerospace applications; many challenges though still remain in fabrication, design, and analysis.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2025 by the authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | multiscale composites; finite element method (FEM); finite volume method (FVM); multiphysics modelling; fluid–structure interaction (FSI); aerospace manufacturing |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) |
Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2025 10:10 |
Last Modified: | 29 Sep 2025 10:10 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/app15168896 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:232105 |