Forming process with pre-stacked and uncured thermoset fibre metal laminate offers improved deformability compared to full-cured laminate especially for the production of complex structural components. This work investigated the friction behaviour at the metal-prepreg interface of glass fibre reinforced aluminium laminate through an inter-ply friction test. The influence of sliding velocity, normal force, fibre orientation and resin viscosity coupled with temperature on static and kinetic

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... on coefficients were studied. The kinetic friction behavior in the transition region between mixed and hydrodynamic lubrication, showed a good agreement with the Stribeck-curve theory. While for the static friction, a modified Coulomb friction model was found to fit the experimental results. These models were translated into a phenomenological inter-ply friction model which was incorporated into Abaqus/Explicit as a user-defined friction subroutine for verification. The findings contribute to the development of the forming process with fibre metal laminates.