Resin transfer moulding: Mathematical modelling and numerical simulations

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1367-1385

  Antonelli, D ^a   Farina, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESINS;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING (RTM);

TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 0033365596     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(99)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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