Ideal forming analysis for random fiber preforms

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 146-153

  Dessenberger, Richard B ^a   Tucker III, Charles L ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFECTS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PREFORMING; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; VOLUME FRACTION;

FORMABILITY FUNCTION; FORMING OPERATION; IDEAL FORMING ANALYSIS; MOLD DESIGN; MOLD SURFACE; RANDOM FIBER PREFORMS; TEARING; WRINKLING;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0037306458     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1536658     Document Type: Article

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