Optimum arrangement of gate and vent locations for RTM process design using a mesh distance-based approach

Composites - Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 471-481

  Jiang, Shunliang ^a   Zhang, Chuck ^b   Wang, Ben ^b  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Fibres; E. Preform; E. Resin transfer molding; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBERS; FILLING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PREFORMING; RESINS;

MOLD FILLING;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 0036532941     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(01)00146-4     Document Type: Article

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