Warpage induced in bi-material specimens: Coefficient of thermal expansion, chemical shrinkage and viscoelastic modulus evolution during cure

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 565-570

  Zarrelli, Mauro ^a   Partridge, Ivana K ^b   D'Amore, A ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Thermosetting resins; B. Cure behaviour; D. Process monitoring; Thermo mechanical analysis

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHRINKAGE; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; THERMOSETS; VISCOELASTICITY;

BI-MATERIAL SPECIMENS; CURE BEHAVIOR; PROCESS MONITORING; THERMO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 33144461669     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2005.05.012     Document Type: Article

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