Thermal model for three-dimensional irregular shaped pultruded fiberglass composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 692-721

  Chachad, Y R ^a   Roux, J A ^a   Vaughan, J G ^a   Arafat, E S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b RUST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex shapes; Composites; Glass epoxy; Pultrusion; Thermal modeling; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURING; DIES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EPOXY RESINS; GEOMETRY; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULTRUSION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPLEX SHAPE; CURE DISTRIBUTION; FIBERGLASS EPOXY COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE CONTROL VOLUME TECHNIQUE; THERMAL MODEL; UNSTEADY STATE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0029719138     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002199839603000604     Document Type: Article

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