A closed form solution to describe infusion of resin under vacuum in deformable fibrous porous media

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Lopatnikov, S ^a   Simacek, P ^a   Gillespie Jr , J ^a   Advani, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONFINED FLOW; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RESINS; THICKNESS CONTROL; VACUUM;

DARCY'S LAW; FIBROUS POROUS MEDIA; INFUSION; RESIN PRESSURE;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 2542462219     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/12/3/S09     Document Type: Article

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