Investigation of particulate filtration of alumina nano-particles in VARTM processing of hybrid composites

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn 13, Issue , 2008, Pages 157-162

  Akinyede, Oladapo ^a   Sankar, Jag ^a   Mohan, Ram ^b   Kelkar, Ajit ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alumina nanoparticles; Hybrid composites; Particulate filtration; Ultrasonic dispersion; Vacuum Assisted RTM (VARTM)

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EPOXY RESINS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; NANOPARTICLES; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; VISCOSITY; ALUMINA; FIBERS; FLOW PATTERNS; HYBRID MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLDS; PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS MOLDING; SOLVENTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSFER MOLDING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC DISPERSION; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

ALUMINA NANOPARTICLES; HYBRID COMPOSITES; PARTICULATE FILTRATION; VACUUM-ASSISTED RTM (VARTM); ALUMINA NANOPARTICLE; LOW VISCOSITY EPOXY RESIN; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; VACUUM-ASSISTED RTM;

ALUMINA; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 44349090922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2007-41225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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