The impact of pultrusion processing parameters on resin pressure rise inside a tapered cylindrical die for glass-fibre/epoxy composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 945-958

  Gadam, S U K ^a,b   Roux, J A ^a,b   McCarty, T A ^a,b   Vaughan, J G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Darcy's law; Die temperature settings; Fiber volume; Finite volume method; Pre form plate area ratio; Pressure; Pull speed; Pultrusion; Viscosity; Wet out

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PULTRUSION; RESINS; SPEED; VISCOSITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

DIE HEATING ZONES TEMPERATURE SETTINGS; PULL SPEED; RESIN PRESSURE; TAPERED CYLINDRICAL DIE;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; IMPACT; PRESSURE; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034023934     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(99)00181-5     Document Type: Article

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