Permeability characterization of stitched carbon fiber preforms by fiber optic sensors

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1075-1084

  Antonucci, V ^a   Esposito, M ^a   Ricciardi, M R ^a   Raffone, M ^b   Zarrelli, M ^a   Giordano, M ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ALENIA SPAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fiber optic sensor; Permeability; Polymer composites; VARTM

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053909465     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2011.105     Document Type: Article

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