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Abstract

A composite component can be designed for manufacture using a pre-impregnated uni-directional or woven material A design for a composite component comprising multiple layers of pre-impregnated uni-directional or woven material is created. Within the design a division of the design into a plurality of macroscale elements is defined. For each macroscale element, a microscale relative volume element is defined, model parameters for the microscale relative volume element are determined, and the microscale relative volume element is upscaled to provide a set of model parameters describing the macroscale element. The set of model parameters for each macroscale element is used to analyse the design to identify the presence or absence of regions where structures likely to be detrimental to the integrity of the component would be expected to occur when manufacturing a component according to the design. If regions where structures likely to be detrimental to the integrity of the component would be expected to occur are identified, data describing these regions is outputted to a redesign process.

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