Permeability of clustered fiber networks: Modeling of the unit cell

Mechanics of Composite Materials

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-272

  Frishfelds, V ^a   Lundstrom T S ^b   Jakovics, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fiber network; Impregnation; Manufacture of composites; Permeability; Stitched fabrics; Variational calculus

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; IMPREGNATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROSITY; RESINS; THERMOSETS; VISCOSITY; WEAVING;

POISEUILLE FLOW; STATIONARY FLOW;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0038008798     PISSN: 01915665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024574228228     Document Type: Review

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