Modeling the VARTM composite manufacturing process

International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition (Proceedings)

Volumn 49, Issue , 2004, Pages 463-475

  Song, Xiaolan ^a   Loos, Alfred C ^b   Grimsley, Brian W ^c   Cano, Roberto J ^c   Hubert, Pascal ^d  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composite Materials; Flow Modeling; VARTM

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; ISOTHERMAL INFILTRATION; TRIAL AND ERROR METHODS; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING (VARTM);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; TENSORS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 23844496281     PISSN: 08910138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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