Correlation of void distribution to VARTM manufacturing techniques

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 802-813

  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

C. Computational modeling; D. Optical microscopy; E. Resin flow; Void content

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; FIBERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; LARGE SCALE COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING (LCM); RESIN FLOW; VOID CONTENT;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 33845487118     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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