In-plane permeability measurements: a nordic round-robin study

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-43

  Lundstrom T S ^a   Stenberg, R ^b   Bergstrom R ^c   Partanen, H ^c   Birkeland, P A ^d  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Institute of Composites   (Sweden)

^c Ahlström Glassfibre OY   (Finland)

^d Devold AMT AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TRANSFER MOLDING; WETTING;

IN-PLANE PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT; NORDIC ROUND ROBIN STUDY; SATURATED PARALLEL FLOW TECHNIQUE; WETTING RADIAL FLOW TECHNIQUE;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0033633958     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(99)00058-5     Document Type: Article

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