Bubble motion through non-crimp fabrics during composites manufacturing

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-251

  Frishfelds, Vilnis ^a   Lundström, T Staffan ^b   Jakovics, Andris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A. Non crimp fabrics; B. Permeability; C. Statistical methods; C. Void formation; E. Resin transfer moulding (RTM)

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BUBBLE MOTION; INTERBUNDLE CHANNELS; NONCRIMP FABRICS; VOID FORMATION;

FABRICS;

EID: 38749119754     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2007.10.020     Document Type: Article

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