Numerical simulation of unsaturated flow in Woven fiber preforms during the resin transfer molding process

Polymer Composites

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-80

  Pillai, K M ^a   Advani, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; PREFORMING; RESINS; UNSATURATED POLYMERS; WEAVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; TRANSFER MOLDING;

CONSTANT FLOW RATES; ELLIPTIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; INJECTION PRESSURES; INLET PRESSURES; MACROSCOPIC FLOW; PRESSURE EQUATIONS; PRESSURE HISTORY; UNSATURATED FLOWS;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CONTINUITY EQUATION; CONTROL VOLUME METHOD; DARCY'S LAW; PORE VOLUME RATIO; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING (RTM);

EID: 0031988261     PISSN: 02728397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pc.10077     Document Type: Article

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