Numerical Simulation of SMC Component Moulding

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 144, Issue , 1998, Pages 191-200

  Lazzarin, P ^a   Molina, G ^b   Molinari, L ^c   Quaresimin, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composites; Moulding; Numerical Simulation; SMC

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AUTOMOBILE BUMPERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASTICS MOLDING; STIFFNESS;

COMPONENT MOLDING; FIBER ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTION;

SHEET MOLDING COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031704332     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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