Numerical simulation of three-dimensional flow and analysis of filling process in compression resin transfer moulding

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1434-1450

  Shojaei, Akbar ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

C. Computational modeling; C. Numerical analysis; E. Compression moulding; E. Resin flow; E. Resin transfer moulding (RTM)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPACTION; COMPRESSION MOLDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; MOLD CAVITY; QUASI-STEADY STATE; RESIN FLOW;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 33746374759     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2005.06.021     Document Type: Article

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