Mechanical properties of composite structures fabricated with the vacuum induced preform relaxation process

24th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2009 and 1st Joint Canadian-American Technical Conference on Composites

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 857-866

  Alms, J B ^a   Glance, J L ^a   Advani, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTM STANDARDS; COMPOSITE PARTS; COMPOSITE RESINS; FIBER VOLUME FRACTIONS; IN-VACUUM; INJECTION PORTS; KEY ELEMENTS; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; MECHANICAL TESTS; PROCESS NEEDS; PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES; RESIN FLOWS; RESIN INFUSION; SHORT BEAM SHEAR; THREE-POINT BEND TEST; VACUUM-ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING PROCESS;

MOLDS; POROSITY; PREFORMING; RESINS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); VACUUM; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 84867848373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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