A statistical approach to permeability of clustered fibre reinforcements

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1137-1149

  Lundström, T Staffan ^a   Frishfelds, Vilnis ^b   Jakovics, Andris ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Network model; Non crimp fabrics; Permeability; Variational method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FABRICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NETWORK MODELS; NON CRIMP FABRICS; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 3142530669     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998304042079     Document Type: Article

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