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Infiltration Processes in Composite Materials Manufacturing: Modeling and Qualitative Results

  • Angiolo Farina
  • Luigi Preziosi
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Abstract

This chapter deals with those composite materials manufacturing processes, e.g., resin transfer molding and structural resin injection molding, consisting in the injection of a liquid into a porous medium made of reinforcing elements. In these processes the infiltration is coupled with phenomena affecting both the rheological properties of the liquid (thermal variation and curing) and the mechanical properties of the solid (deformations). We illustrate the general model and the analytical results obtained so far.

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Porous Medium Injection Moulding Free Boundary Problem Solid Volume Fraction Infiltration Process 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Angiolo Farina
    • 1
  • Luigi Preziosi
    • 2
  1. 1.Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aeronautica e SpazialePolitecnico di TorinoTorinoItaly
  2. 2.Dipartimento di MatematicaPolitecnico di TorinoTorinoItaly

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