Automotive composites consortium generic tube crush program: Resin transfer molded tubes

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, AMD

Volumn 230, Issue , 1998, Pages 75-93

  Browne, Alan L ^a   Watling, Patrick J ^a   Houston, Dan Q ^b   Lalik, Larry ^c  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^c CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSH TESTS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING (RTM);

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; AUTOMOBILE MATERIALS; AUTOMOBILE TESTING; CURING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; PLASTIC PARTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSFER MOLDING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0032311946     PISSN: 01608835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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