Resin Infusion of Triaxially Braided Preforms With Through-the-Thickness Reinforcement

Polymer Composites

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-236

  Sayre, Jay R ^a,b   Loos, Alfred C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VOLUME FRACTION;

RESIN FILM INFUSION (RFI); VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING (VARTM);

REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 1542605405     PISSN: 02728397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pc.10024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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