Three-dimensional flow visualization experiment of an RTM injection for a GFRP cuff mold

Composite Structures

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 352-361

  Turner, Daniel Z ^a   Hjelmstad, Keith D ^a   LaFave, James M ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

GFRP cuff; Glass fibers; Injection molding; Resin transfer molding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW VISUALIZATION; INJECTION MOLDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

CUFF MOLD;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUFF; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLASS FIBER; INJECTION MOLDING; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 33748085715     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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