Numerical simulation of injection/compression liquid composite molding. Part 1. Mesh generation

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-94

  Pillai, K M ^a,c   Tucker III, C L ^a   Phelan Jr , F R ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPRESSION MOLDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PLASTIC FLOW; PREFORMING; RESINS;

COMPRESSION LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING; INJECTION LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING; MULTI LAYERED FIBER PREFORM; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MESH; THREE DIMENSIONAL FLOW SIMULATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL SHELL MESH;

TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 0033632825     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(99)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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