Intelligent control of the thermoplastic composite tow-placement process

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 573-595

  Heider, Dirk ^a   Piovoso, M J ^b   Gillespie Jr , J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FACTORY AUTOMATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; INFRARED IMAGING; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMOPLASTICS;

THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE-TOW PLACEMENT PROCESS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0032205843     PISSN: 08927057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089270579801100604     Document Type: Article

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