Reducing setup costs: Tooling force prediction in resin transfer moulding (RTM) and compression RTM

9th Annual Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition, ACCE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 605-622

  Walbran, W A ^a   Verleye, B ^a   Bickerton, S ^a   Kelly, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAMPING FORCE; COMPACTION MODELS; COMPACTION STRESS; ELASTIC MODELS; FLAT PLATE; FLEXIBLE TOOL; FLUID COMPRESSION; FLUID PRESSURES; LIQUID COMPOSITE MOULDING PROCESS; MOULD TOOLS; MOULDING CYCLE; PEAK FORCE; PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; PLANAR GEOMETRIES; RACE TRACKING; RESIN TRANSFER MOULDING; SETUP COSTS; SHEAR COMPONENTS; STRESS DISTRIBUTION; TOOLING FORCES; TRUNCATED PYRAMIDS; VACUUM-ASSISTED RTM; VISCOELASTIC MODELS;

AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; COST REDUCTION; FLUIDS; FORECASTING; MOLDING; MOLDS; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; PREFORMING; REINFORCEMENT; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; RESINS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

COMPACTION;

EID: 77954023851     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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