Automated fibre placement (AFP) is an incipient manufacturing process for composite\nstructures. Despite its conceptual simplicity it involves many complexities related to the\nnecessity of melting the thermoplastic at the interface tape-substrate, ensuring the\nconsolidation that needs the diffusion of molecules and control the residual stresses\ninstallation responsible of the residual deformations of the formed parts. The\noptimisation of the process and the determination of the process window requires a\nplethora of simulations because there are many parameters involved in the\ncharacterization of the material and the process. The exploration of the design space\ncannot be envisaged by using standard simulation techniques. In this paper we\npropose the off-line calculation of rich parametric solutions that can be then explored\non-line in real time in order to perform inverse analysis, process optimisation or on-line\nsimulation-based control. In particular, in the present work, and in continuity with our\nformer works, we consider two main extra-parameters, the first related to the line\nacceleration and the second to the number of plies laid-up.
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