Cure cycle design for composite materials using computer simulation and optimisation tools

Forschung im Ingenieurwesen/Engineering Research

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 254-262

  Pantelelis, N ^a   Vrouvakis, T ^a   Spentzas, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; THERMOSETS;

CURE CYCLE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0141619275     PISSN: 00157899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10010-003-0099-2     Document Type: Article

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