Measurement of permeability of continuous filament mat glass-fibre reinforcements by saturated radial airflow

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1439-1443

  Pomeroy, R ^a   Grove, S ^a   Summerscales, J ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Harper, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Manufacturing Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Continuous filament mat; D. Air permeability; D. Saturated radial flow; E. Resin transfer moulding

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW RATE; GLASS FIBERS; LAMINAR FLOW; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

COMPRESSIBLE FLUID; CONTINUOUS FILAMENT MAT (CFM); RESIN INFUSION; SATURATED RADIAL FLOW;

REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 33947281723     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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