Figures of the Article

• Inter-ply friction test method
• Test setup and apparatus
• Different contact materials
• Schematic curve of force-displacement relation for the friction test
• Friction coefficients at the prepreg/Ra12.5 metal interface under different normal forces and rates
• Friction coefficients at the Ra12.5 metal, laminate and prepreg interface under different viscosities
• Friction coefficients at the prepreg/metal interface under different surface roughness
• Friction coefficients corresponding to different contact materials
• Friction coefficients corresponding to different fiber orientations
• Cross sectional view and stereogram of the sliding interfaces for different fiber orientations
• Support vector regression (SVR) hyperplane
• Test and predicted values of static friction coefficients for different samples in the test set
• Test and predicted values of kinetic friction coefficients for different samples in the test set
• Comparison between predicted and test values of prepreg ply-ply interface
• Influence of velocity and normal force on friction coefficient of the prepreg/Ra12.5 metal interface