Microwave innovation for industrial composite fabrication - The HEPHAISTOS technology

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 73-79

  Feher, Lambert E ^a   Thumm, Manfred K ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerospace; Carbon fiber reinforce plastics (CFRP); Microwave processing; System development; Transportation

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION;

INDUSTRIAL COMPOSITE FABRICATION; MICROWAVE INNOVATION; MICROWAVE PROCESSING;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 2442447010     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.823983     Document Type: Article

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