Prediction of the curing behavior for unsaturated polyester-styrene systems used for monitoring sheet moulding compounds (SMC) process

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1855-1862

  Massardier Nageotte, V ^a   Cara, F ^a,b   Maazouz, A ^a,c   Seytre, G ^b  

^a Laboratoire des Materiaux Polymeres et des Biomateriaux UMR 5627   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c Ecole Superieure de Plasturgie   (France)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Curing; B. Modelling; C. Differential scanning calorimetry; Dielectric measurements

Indexed keywords

CURING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; SHEET MOLDING COMPOUNDS; STYRENE;

ANISOTHERMAL KINETIC MODEL; RADICAL POLYMERISATION;

POLYESTERS;

CURING;

EID: 2942558499     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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