Fiber orientation in weldline areas - Investigation of an air intake manifold

Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 730-735

  Roth, Stefan ^a   Kuehnert, Ines ^a   Mennig, Guenter ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber orientation; Glass fiber reinforced thermoplastics; Injection molding; Optical microscopy; Simulation; Weldline

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; THERMOPLASTICS;

WELDLINE AREAS;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 0141617549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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