From process modeling to elastic property prediction for long-fiber injection-molded thermoplastics

SPE Automotive and Composites Divisions - 7th Annual Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition, ACCE 2007 - Driving Performance and Productivity

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 851-865

  Nguyen, Ba Nghiep ^a   Kunc, Vlastimil ^b   Frame, Barbara J ^b   Phelps, Jay H ^c   Tucker, Charles L ^c   Bapanapalli, Satish K ^a   Holbery, James D ^a   Smith, Mark T ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AVERAGING TECHNIQUE; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ESHELBY; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER ORIENTATIONS; MODELING APPROACH; MORI TANAKA METHOD; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTIONS; PROCESS MODELING;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; ELASTICITY; LAMINATES; PRODUCTIVITY; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THERMOPLASTICS;

FIBERS;

EID: 70349467992     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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