Permeability characterization of dual scale fibrous porous media

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2057-2068

  Kuentzer, Nina ^a   Simacek, Pavel ^a   Advani, Suresh G ^a   Walsh, Shawn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Fabrics textiles; E. Cutting

Indexed keywords

BULK FLOW FRONT PROGRESSION; LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING (LCM); PERMEABILITY CHARACTERIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUTTING; FABRICS; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; TEXTILES;

POROUS MATERIALS;

FIBERS; POROUS MATERIALS; TEXTILES;

EID: 33749633990     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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