Flow rate control during vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) processing

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2265-2271

  Bender, Dominik ^a   Schuster, Jens ^b   Heider, Dirk ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); E. Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM); E. Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM); Process control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW CONTROL; FUZZY CONTROL; FUZZY SETS; INJECTION MOLDING; PROCESS CONTROL; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; RESINS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); RESIN INJECTION; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING (VARTM); VIRTUAL SIMULATION;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

AUTOMATION; COMPOSITE; COMPUTER CONTROL; FLOW RATE; FUZZY LOGIC; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; VACUUM;

EID: 33746222016     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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