On stamp forming of curved and flexible geometry components from continuous glass fiber/polypropylene composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-226

  Friedrich, K ^a   Hou, M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

^b Coop Res Ctr Adv Compos S ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

A. glass fibres; E. tooling; Stamp forming

Indexed keywords

PLASTICS FORMING; POLYPROPYLENES;

CONTACT HEATING; STAMP FORMING;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0031707593     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(97)00087-0     Document Type: Article

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