Micro-computed tomography determination of glass fibre reinforced polymer meso-structure

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2016-2022

  Schell, J S U ^a   Renggli, M ^a   van Lenthe, G H ^a   Muller R ^a   Ermanni, P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

B. Microstructure; D. Non destructive testing; E. Resin transfer moulding (RTM); Micro computed Tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

LIQUID COMPOSITE MOULDING; MESO FLOW; MICROCOMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER BUNDLE; FIBER FLOW; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLASS FIBER; LAMINATE; MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 33746045300     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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