Development of a process model for the vacuum assisted resin transfer molding simulation by the response surface method

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1316-1324

 

^a Jonathan)   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

C. Computational modeling; C. Statistical properties methods; E. Resin flow; E. Resin transfer molding (RTM)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILLING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WETTING;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS (DOE); RESIN FLOW; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES/METHOD; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING PROCESS (VARTM);

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 33746625160     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2005.08.012     Document Type: Article

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