Analysis of the Edge Effect on Flow Patterns in Liquid Composites Molding

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 161-173

  Hammami, A ^a   Gauvin, R ^a   Trochu, F ^a   Touret, O ^a   Ferland, P ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Edge effect; Numerical simulation; Preform; Resin transfer molding

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342642935     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008887400832     Document Type: Article

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