Gas transport in prepregs: Model and permeability experiments

ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Arafath, A R A ^a   Fernlund, G ^a   Poursartip, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Permeability; Porosity; Processing; Quality; Voids

Indexed keywords

GLASS CERAMICS; IMAGE QUALITY; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PAPER LAMINATES; POROSITY; PROCESSING;

COMPOSITES LAMINATES; COMPOSITES PROCESSING; GAS TRANSPORT; PERMEABILITY TEST; PREPREGS; THROUGH-THICKNESS; TRAPPED GAS; VOIDS;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 85076870450     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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