An approach to couple mold design and on-line control to manufacture complex composite parts by resin transfer molding

Composites - Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 981-990

  Lawrence, Jeffrey M ^a   Hsiao, Kuang Ting ^a   Don, Roderic C ^a   Simacek, Pavel ^a   Estrada, Gonzalo ^a   Sozer, E Murat ^a   Stadtfeld, Hubert C ^a   Advani, Suresh G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Porosity; E. Resin flow; E. Resin transfer molding (RTM); Intelligent processing

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPREGNATION; POROSITY; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; SENSORS;

RESIN FLOW DYNAMICS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0036647814     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(02)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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