A thermal model for cure of thermoset composites

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 442-449

  Kinsey, S P ^a   Haji Sheikh, A ^b   Lou, D Y S ^c  

^a Forney Intl Incorporated   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOCLAVES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CURING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSETS;

ALTERNATING DIRECTION IMPLICIT METHOD; FOURIER HEAT TRANSFER EQUATION; THERMAL MODEL; THERMOSET COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0030733384     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(96)02662-3     Document Type: Article

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