The threshold pressure of infiltration into fibrous preforms normal to the fibers' axes

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 228-237

  Kaptay, G ^a,b  

^a BAY ZOLTÁN NONPROFIT LTD FOR APPLIED RESEARCH   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISKOLC   (Hungary)

Author keywords

A. Fibres; A. MMCs; A. PMCs; C. Modelling; E. LMI

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PREFORMING; WETTING;

SPONTANEOUS INFILTRATION; THRESHOLD PRESSURE;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

FIBER DIAMETER; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PREFORM; PRESSURE; WETTING;

EID: 35548936599     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.04.023     Document Type: Article

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