Microwave processing: fundamentals and applications

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1055-1071

  Thostenson, E T ^a   Chou, T W ^a  

^a Dept Mat Sci Eng Ctr Compos M ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; OPTIMIZATION; PERMITTIVITY; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

MICROWAVE PROCESSING; VOLUMETRIC HEATING;

MICROWAVE HEATING;

EID: 0032668326     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(99)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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