Flow monitoring and permeability measurement under constant and transient flow conditions

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1239-1249

  Heardman, E ^a   Lekakou, C ^a   Bader, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Fabrics textiles; B. Transport properties; E. Resin transfer moulding

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

DISCREPANCIES; ORTHOTROPIC POROUS MEDIA; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

FLOW MODELING; MOLDING; PERMEABILITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTY;

FLOW RATE; PERMEABILITY; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 2342529830     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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