Modeling the impact of capillary pressure and air entrapment on fiber tow saturation during resin infusion in LCM

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1053-1064

  Lawrence, Jeffrey M ^a   Neacsu, Valentin ^a   Advani, Suresh G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Preform; Capillary action; D. Process monitoring; E. Liquid composite molding (LCM)

Indexed keywords

A. PREFORM; AIR ENTRAPMENT; CAPILLARY ACTION; CAPILLARY EFFECTS; CAPILLARY FORCE; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; D. PROCESS MONITORING; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; DUAL SCALE; E. LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING (LCM); EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FIBER TOWS; FILLING STAGE; FLOW-FRONT VELOCITY; LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING PROCESS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; RESIN INFUSION; RESIN PRESSURE; SATURATION LEVELS; VINYL ESTERS;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; ESTERS; FABRICS; GLASS FIBERS; IMPREGNATION; LIQUIDS; MOLDING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PREFORMING; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MONITORING; RESINS;

FIBERS;

CAPILLARITY; ESTERS; FABRIC; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; IMPREGNATION; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROCESS CONTROL; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

EID: 67651033293     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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