A flow-front refinement technique for the numerical simulation of the resin-transfer molding process

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1663-1674

  Kang, Moon Koo ^a   Lee, Woo Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CVFEM; E. Resin transfer molding (RTM); FINE method; Fixed grid method; Mold filling process

Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONTROL-VOLUME FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FIXED GRID METHOD; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 0032631337     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0266-3538(99)00029-9     Document Type: Article

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