Modelling the application of wood fibre reinforcements within liquid composite moulding processes

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 624-639

  Umer, R ^a   Bickerton, S ^a   Fernyhough, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

A. Wood; E. Preform; E. Tooling; Liquid composite moulding

Indexed keywords

INJECTION COMPRESSION MOULDING; LIQUID COMPOSITE MOULDING; ADVANCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; E. PREFORM; E. TOOLINGS; FIBRE REINFORCEMENTS; FIBRE VOLUME FRACTION; INJECTION COMPRESSION; LIQUID COMPOSITE MOULDING PROCESS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; GEOMETRY; GLASS FIBERS; INJECTION MOLDING; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; COMPACTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; MOLDS; REINFORCEMENT; VOLUME FRACTION;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; WOOD;

EID: 40849118531     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2007.08.023     Document Type: Article

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