Compaction behavior and part thickness variation in vacuum infusion molding process

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 443-458

  Yang, Jinshui ^a   Xiao, Jiayu ^a   Zeng, Jingcheng ^a   Jiang, Dazhi ^a   Peng, Chaoyi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Compaction behavior; Composite materials; Fabric preform; Fiber volume fraction; Thickness; Vacuum infusion molding process (VIMP)

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION BEHAVIOR; FABRIC PREFORMS; FIBER VOLUME FRACTIONS; THICKNESS; VACUUM INFUSION MOLDING PROCESS;

COMPACTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBERS; INJECTION MOLDING; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; PREFORMING; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

COMPACTION; COMPOSITES; FABRIC; INJECTION MOLDING; PREFORMING; THICKNESS;

EID: 84863718873     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10443-011-9217-8     Document Type: Article

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