Fiber optic flow and cure sensing for liquid composite molding

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 91-104

  Dunkers, Joy P ^a   Lenhart, Joseph L ^b   Kueh, Sylvia R ^c   Van Zanten, John H ^d   Advani, Suresh G ^c   Parnas, Richard S ^a  

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

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CURING; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLASTICS MOLDING;

FIBER OPTIC FLOW; LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0035247654     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-8166(00)00110-X     Document Type: Article

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