Compression moulding of SMC: In situ experiments, modelling and simulation

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 353-368

  Dumont, P ^a   Orgeas L ^b   Favier, D ^b   Pizette, P ^c   Venet, C ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE TECHNOLOGIE DES COMPOSITES ET POLYMÈRES LTC   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

^c SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC   (France)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); C. Analytical modelling; C. Computational modelling; E. Compression moulding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANALYTICAL MODELLING; AXIAL PUNCH VELOCITY; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; ONE PHASE PLUG FLOW SHELL MODEL; POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMC); TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY;

COMPRESSION MOLDING;

EID: 33751559412     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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