The development of an integrated process model for liquid composite moulding

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 847-854

  Long, A C ^a   Blanchard, P J ^a   Rudd, C D ^a   Smith, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow simulation; Liquid composite moulding; Reinforcement deformation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; IMPREGNATION; PLASTICS MOLDING; PREFORMING; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME FRACTION;

LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING (LCM); REINFORCEMENT DEFORMATION;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0031642228     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(98)00054-2     Document Type: Article

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