Process and performance evaluation of the vacuum-assisted process

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 1803-1814

  Li, W ^a   Krehl, J ^a   Gillespie Jr , J W ^a,b   Heider, D ^a   Endrulat, M ^c   Hochrein, K ^c   Dunham, M G ^d   Dubois, C J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c WL Gore Associates GmbH   (Germany)

^d W L GORE AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane; Vacuum assisted process (VAP); Vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM)

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; INJECTION MOLDING; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

AUTOCLAVED-PROCESSED PARTS; VACUUM ASSISTED PROCESS (VAP); VACUUM-ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOULDING (VARTM);

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 8344237413     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998304044769     Document Type: Article

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