The viscoelastic compression behavior of liquid composite molding preforms

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 431-444

  Bickerton, S ^a   Buntain, M J ^a   Somashekar, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

A. Fabrics textiles; B. Stress relaxation; E. Tooling; Liquid composite molding (LCM)

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS; DEFORMATION; HYSTERESIS; MOLDING; PREFORMING; REINFORCEMENT; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING (LCM);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0037544295     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(03)00088-5     Document Type: Article

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