Enhancing temperature uniformity in multi-coil CFRP induction heating via WOA-optimized fuzzy PID

Ning Yang, Tianyu Fu, Bin He, Xueqian Shi, School of Computer and Network Engineering, Shanxi Datong University, Intelligent Equipment Institute, Changzhou College of Information Technology

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Published online on July 09, 2026

Abstract

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Ahead of Print.
Induction heating is a promising technology for the rapid and energy-efficient curing of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites. However, in multi-coil systems, electromagnetic coupling and nonlinear thermal dynamics readily produce non-uniform ...