Measuring the impregnation of an out-of-autoclave prepreg by micro-CT

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 593-599

  Centea, T ^a   Hubert, P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Porosity voids; Out of autoclave

Indexed keywords

B. POROSITY/VOIDS; CURE CYCLE; MACRO-POROSITY; MATRIX COMPOSITE; MICRO CT; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; OUT-OF-AUTOCLAVE; PREPREGS; PROCESSING STAGE; RESIN FLOWS; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LAMINATES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PRESSURE VESSELS; RESINS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

IMPREGNATION;

EID: 79952441956     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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