Experimental and predicted in-plane flow height measurements for stiffened structures made using the resin film infusion process

SAMPE Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 28-34

  Kruckenberg, Teresa ^a   Qi, Ben ^a   Falzon, Paul ^b   Liu, Xiao Lin ^b   Paton, Rowan ^b  

^a Coop Res Ctr Adv Compos S ^*  (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PLASTIC FILMS; RESINS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL PANELS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT; VOLUME CONTROL (SPATIAL);

CONTROL VOLUME SIMULATION; DYNAMIC VISCOSITY; FLOW HEIGHT MEASUREMENTS; HEAT-UP-RATE; RESIN FILM INFUSION; STIFFENED STRUCTURES;

TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 0035339770     PISSN: 00911062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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