Numerical simulation of the pressure infiltration of fibrous preforms during MMC processing

Advanced Composite Materials: The Official Journal of the Japan Society of Composite Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-300

  Chang, Chih Yuan ^a  

^a KAO YUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body fitted finite element method; Infiltration process; Metal matrix composite

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; INFILTRATION; LIQUID METALS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REINFORCEMENT;

INFILTRATION TIME; INJECTION FLOW RATE; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 33750523820     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855106778392070     Document Type: Article

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