Stochastic modeling of preform heterogeneity to address dry spots formation in the VARTM Process

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 851-858

  Markicevic, B ^a   Heider, D ^a   Advani, S G ^a   Walsh, Shawn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Preform; B. Porosity; C. Computational modeling; D. Resinflow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPREGNATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VOLUME FRACTION;

DRY SPOT CONTENT; PREFORM; RESINFLOW; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING (VARTM);

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 15344338724     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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