Experimental investigation of the controlled atmospheric pressure resin infusion (CAPRI) process

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1049-1061

  Niggemann, Christian ^a   Young, Seok Song ^a   Gillespie, John W ^a,b   Heider, Dirk ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid composite molding; Permeability; Vacuum assisted resin transfer molding

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VACUUM; VOLUME FRACTION;

CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE RESIN INFUSION (CAPRI); LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 43649090382     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998308090650     Document Type: Article

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