Characterizing the processing and performance of aligned reinforcements during preform manufacture

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 27, Issue 4 PART A, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Long, A C ^a   Rudd, C D ^a   Blagdon, M ^a   Smith, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Liquid composite moulding; Process modelling; Reinforcement deformation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOLDING; PREFORMING; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VOLUME FRACTION;

LIQUID MOLDING PROCESS; REINFORCEMENT DEFORMATION;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0029776250     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-835X(95)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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