Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Fiber-mat Architecture on the Unsaturated Flow in Liquid Composite Molding

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-79

  Babu, Baiju Z ^a   Pillai, Krishna M ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites manufacturing; Dual scale porous medium; Fiber wetting; Liquid composite molding (LCM); Mold filling simulation; Polymer composites; Resin transfer molding (RTM); Sink; Thermosets

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TENSORS; THERMOSETS; WETTING;

LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING (LCM); MOLD FILLING PROCESS; UNSATURATED FLOW;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0347968172     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998304038176     Document Type: Article

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