Film stacking impregnation model for a novel net shape thermoplastic composite preforming process

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 1822-1830

  Jespersen, S T ^a   Wakeman, M D ^a   Michaud, V ^a   Cramer, D ^b   Manson J A E ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE TECHNOLOGIE DES COMPOSITES ET POLYMÈRES LTC   (Switzerland)

^b Fiberforge   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Fabrics textiles; A. Polymer matrix composites; A. Structural materials; C. Computational simulation; Infiltration model

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; IMPREGNATION; INFILTRATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PREFORMING; THERMOPLASTICS; VOLUME FRACTION;

ISOTHERMAL INFILTRATION; MATRIX STACKING; NET SHAPE PREFORMING METHOD;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

CARBON FIBER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILM; FLUID FLOW; KINETICS; MATRIX; PREPREG; PRESSURE; SYNTHETIC RESIN; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER; VELOCITY;

EID: 42249113157     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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