A modified rule of mixture for the vacuum-assisted resin transfer moulding process simulation

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2125-2133

  Dong, Chensong ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); C. Computational simulation; E. Resin transfer moulding; Rule of mixture (ROM)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

CONTROL VOLUME FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PROCESS SIMULATION; RULE OF MIXTURE;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

COMPOSITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 44149125248     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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