Modeling resin flow and fiber tow saturation induced by distribution media collapse in VARTM

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2757-2769

  Simacek, Pavel ^a   Advani, Suresh G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Fiber tows; B. Microvoids; B. Saturation; E. Liquid molding; E. Vacuum assisted resin transfer molding

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PREFORMING; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

DISTRIBUTION MEDIA; FIBER TOWS; LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE MODEL; PREFORM; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; SYNTHETIC RESIN; TOW; VACUUM;

EID: 34548087909     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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