Influence of fibre distribution on the transverse flow permeability in fibre bundles

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2069-2079

  Bechtold, Georg ^a   Ye, Lin ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD; Fibre distribution; Fibre reinforced polymer composites; Impregnation; Permeability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPREGNATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

FIBER BUNDLES; FIBER DISTRIBUTION;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

FIBER BUNDLE; FIBER DISTRIBUTION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; IMPREGNATING; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0043286837     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(03)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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