Coupling filtration and flow during liquid composite molding: Experimental investigation and simulation

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2127-2134

  Lefevre, D ^a   Comas Cardona, S ^a   Binetruy, C ^a   Krawczak, P ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE DOUAI   (France)

Author keywords

A. Particle reinforced composites; B. Filtration; C. Modeling; E. Flow

Indexed keywords

A. PARTICLE-REINFORCED COMPOSITES; B. FILTRATION; C. MODELING; CAKE FILTRATION; DARCY'S LAW; E. FLOW; EFFICIENT COUPLING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIBER REINFORCEMENT; FIBROUS NETWORKS; FILLER CONTENTS; FILLING EXPERIMENTS; FILTRATION MODEL; FLOW MODEL; FLOW OF PARTICLES; INJECTION TIME; LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING; MICROBEADS; PARTICLE RETENTION; RESIN FLOW FRONT; RETENTION PROFILE; VISCOSITY INCREASE;

FILLERS; FILLING; FILTRATION; GLASS FIBERS; MOLDING; POROUS MATERIALS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; RESINS; SIMULATORS; VISCOSITY;

FLOW SIMULATION;

COMPOSITE; COUPLING; FILTRATION; MOLDING; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 67650982807     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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