Analysis of dynamic flows through porous media. Part I: Comparison between saturated and unsaturated flows in fibrous reinforcements

Polymer Composites

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 391-408

  Bréard, Joël ^a,b   Henzel, Yann ^a,c   Trochu, François ^a   Gauvin, Raymond ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; POROUS MATERIALS; REINFORCEMENT; SUPERSATURATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; THEORETICAL POINTS; UNSATURATED FLOWS; UNSATURATED PERMEABILITIES; UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA;

DYNAMICS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

DYNAMIC FLOW; LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING (LCM); SATURATED FLOW;

EID: 1842529814     PISSN: 02728397     EISSN: 15480569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pc.10038     Document Type: Article

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