A simulation of reinforcement deformation during the production of preforms for liquid moulding processes

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 269-278

  Long, A C ^a   Rudd, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; REACTION INJECTION MOLDING; REINFORCEMENT; TRANSFER MOLDING;

DIRECTIONAL REINFORCEMENTS; LIQUID MOLDING PROCESS; MODIFIED PLASTICITY THEORY; PIN JOINTED DEFORMATION MODEL; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; STRUCTURAL REACTION INJECTION MOLDING; THINNING; WRINKLING;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

MODELLING; MOULDS(CASTINGS; RESINS;

EID: 0028671641     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: 20411975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1994_208_088_02     Document Type: Article

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