The effect of fabric and fiber tow shear on dual scale flow and fiber bundle saturation during liquid molding of textile composites

International Journal of Material Forming

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-97

  Walther, Joseph ^a   Simacek, Pavel ^a   Advani, Suresh G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation; Draping; Liquid composite molding; Permeability; Shear; Simulation; Tow saturation

Indexed keywords

BULK DEFORMATION; COMPOSITE PARTS; DRAPING; DUAL SCALE; FABRIC SHEAR; FIBER BUNDLES; FIBER TOWS; FILL TIME; IN-FIBER; LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING; LIQUID COMPOSITE MOLDING PROCESS; LIQUID MOLDING; MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MEDICAL INDUSTRIES; MODEL EXPERIMENTS; MOLD FILLING; MOLD SURFACES; RESIN FLOWS; SHEAR; SIMULATION; TEXTILE COMPOSITE; TOOL SURFACES; TOW DEFORMATIONS;

DEFORMATION; FIBERS; FILLING; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOLDING; MOLDS; PREFORMING; REINFORCEMENT; RESINS; TEXTILE PROCESSING;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84857656574     PISSN: 19606206     EISSN: 19606214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12289-011-1060-9     Document Type: Article

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