Process modeling of composites by resin transfer molding: Sensitivity analysis for isothermal considerations

40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Henz, B J ^a   Tamma, K K ^b   Kanapady, R ^c   Ngo, N D ^d   Chung, P W ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d United Defense L P   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; ISOTHERMS; MOLDING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RESINS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMBINED FLOW; DESIGN TOOL; FLOW FRONT; FLUID FLOW ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; POROUS FIBERS; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; PROCESS MODELING;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 85088757216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-790     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (10)

1. W. S. Hwang and R. A. Stoehr. Molten Metal Flow Pattern Prediction for Complete Solidification Analysis of Near Net Shape Castings. Materials Science and Technology, 4:240-250, March 1988.
2. A. S. Usmani, J. T. Cross, and R. W. Lewis. A Finite Element Model for the Simulations of Mold Filling in Metal Casting and the Associated Heat Transfer. International Journal of Computational Physics, 35:787-806, 1992.
3. C. W. Hirt and B. D. Nichols. Volume of Fluid Method for the Dynamics of Free Boundaries. Journal of Computational Physics, 39:201-225, 1981.
4. N. D. Ngo, R. V. Mohan, P. W. Chung, and K. K. Tamma. Recent Developments Encompassing Non-Isothermal/Isothermal Liquid Composite Molding Process Modeling/Analysis: Physically Accurate, Computationally Effective and Affordable Simulations and Validations. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, 11(6):493-532, November 1998.
5. R. V. Mohan, D. R. Shires, K. K. Tamma, and N. D. Ngo. Flow Channels and Fiber Impregnation Studies for the Process Modeling/Analysis of Complex Engineering Structures Manufactured by Resin Transfer Molding. Polymer Composites, 19(5):527-542, October 1998.
6. R. V. Mohan, N. D. Ngo, and K. K. Tamma. On a Pure Finite Element Methodology for Resin Transfer Mold Filling Simulations. Polymer Engineering and Science, 39(1):26-43, January 1999.
7. R. V. Mohan, N. D. Ngo, and K. K. Tamma. Three-Dimensional Resin Transfer Molding: Part 1-Isothermal Process Modeling and Explicit Tracking of Moving Fronts for Thick Geometrically Complex Composites Manufacturing Applications. Numerical Heat Transfer Part A-Applications, 35(8):815-838, June 1999.
8. R. V. Mohan, N. D. Ngo, K. K. Tamma, and D. R. Shires. Three-Dimensional Resin Transfer Molding: Part 2-Isothermal Process Modeling and Implicit Tracking of Moving Fronts for Thick Geometrically Complex Composites Manufacturing Applications. Numerical Heat Transfer Part A-Applications, 35(8):839-858, June 1999.
9. Brian J. Henz, Ramdev Kanapady, Nam Ngo, Peter Chung, and Kumar K. Tamma. Simulation Based Design and Visualization Tools: Sensitivity Coefficients for Advanced Composites Manufacturing. AHPCRC Bulletin, 10:18-20, 2000.
10. Roopesh Mathur, Suresh G. Advani, and Bruse K. Fink. A Sensitivity-based Gate Location Algorithm for Optimal Mold Filling During the Resin Transfer Molding Process. Technical report, U.S. Army Research Labratory, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, Maryland, 2000.