Effective compressibility and permeability of multi-layer non-crimp fiberglass reinforcements

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 861-879

  Liu, X L ^a   Falzon, P J ^a   Sweeting, R ^a   Paton, R ^a  

^a Coop Res Ctr Adv Compos SL ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Permeability; Reinforcements

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FABRICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTILAYERS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; VOLUME FRACTION;

FIBERGLASS REINFORCEMENTS; INJECTION PULTRUSION (IP); VACUUM BAG RESIN INFUSION (VBRI);

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 3042638646     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684404033378     Document Type: Article

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