Analysis of the vacuum infusion moulding process: I. Analytical formulation

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1645-1656

  Correia, N C ^a   Robitaille, F ^a   Long, A C ^a   Rudd, C D ^a   Simacek P ^b   Advani, S G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. Analytical modelling; C. Numerical analysis; E. Vacuum Infusion

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBERS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VACUUM;

ANALYTICAL MODELING; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS; OUTLET PRESSURES; VACUUM INFUSION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 26444549393     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2005.03.019     Document Type: Article

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