Bubble transport through constricted capillary tubes with application to resin transfer molding

Polymer Composites

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 770-779

  Staffan Lundstrom T ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TUBES; CHANNEL FLOW; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; POLYMERS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TENSION; TRANSFER MOLDING;

BUBBLE TRANSPORT; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; YOUNG LAPLACE LAW;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

EID: 0030399429     PISSN: 02728397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pc.10669     Document Type: Article

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