A reference specimen for permeability measurements of fibrous reinforcements for RTM

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-250

  Morren, Gerd ^a   Bottiglieri, Massimo ^a   Bossuyt, Sven ^a   Sol, Hugo ^a   Lecompte, David ^b   Verleye, Bart ^c   Lomov, Stepan V ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

A. Fabrics textiles; E. Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM); Permeability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CAPILLARITY; DATA PROCESSING; MOLDING; REINFORCEMENT; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; RESINS; TEXTILE PROCESSING; TEXTILES;

A. FABRICS/TEXTILES; ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS; ANISOTROPIC PERMEABILITIES; COMPOSITE PARTS; COMPUTATION SOFTWARES; E. RESIN TRANSFER MOULDING (RTM); EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FE-MODELLING; KEY PARAMETERS; MATERIAL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PERMEABILITY; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS; PERMEABILITY PROPERTIES; PERMEABILITY TENSORS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PROCESSING PROCEDURES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SET-UPS;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

EID: 63749101130     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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