Fractal permeation characteristics of preforms used in liquid composite molding

Polymer Composites

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 281-296

  Ramakrishnan, B ^a   Pitchumani, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILLING; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLDS; PLASTICS MOLDING; POROSITY; PREFORMING; VOLUME FRACTION;

LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0033884615     PISSN: 02728397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pc.10185     Document Type: Article

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