Numerical and experimental investigation of some press forming parameters of two fibre reinforced thermoplastics: APC2-AS4 and PEI-CETEX

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 101-110

  De Luca, P ^a   Lefebure P ^b   Pickett, A K ^a  

^a ESI GROUP   (France)

^b DASSAULT AVIATION   (France)

Author keywords

Composite manufacturing; Fibre reinforced thermoplastic; Finite element analysis (FEA)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FABRICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASTICS FORMING; THERMOPLASTICS;

CONTINUOUS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; PRESS FORMING;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0031646219     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(97)00060-2     Document Type: Article

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