Resin film infusion (RFI) process simulation of complex shaped composite structures

37th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structure, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1828-1837

  Loos, Alfred C ^a   MacRae, John D ^a   Hood, David ^b   Kranbuehl, David E ^b   Dexter, H Benson ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURING; HEAT TRANSFER; PREFORMING; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILM PREPARATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMERS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MEASURED VALUES; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; RESIN FILM INFUSION; RESIN FLOWS; RFI PROCESS; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

RESINS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

COMPLEX SHAPED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; RESIN FILM INFUSION PROCESS; STITCHED PREFORM; SUBMODELS;

EID: 0029696156     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-1533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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