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Transport Phenomena in Liquid Composite Molding Processes

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In this chapter, based on the rigorous theory of fluid flow through porous media and the computational fluid dynamic technique, different numerical approaches for description of air and resin flow in fibrous media will be presented. In the analyses, both fibrous media and fluids (resin and air) are considered to be incompressible. Different 2D and 3D simulations by using CFD are presented and the predicted results of the flow front position are analyzed and compared with experimental data.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, CONSTRUCT-LFC, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    João M. P. Q. Delgado

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

    Antonio Gilson Barbosa de Lima & Mariana Julie do Nascimento Santos

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Delgado, J.M.P.Q., Barbosa de Lima, A.G., do Nascimento Santos, M.J. (2019). RTM Simulations by CFD. In: Transport Phenomena in Liquid Composite Molding Processes. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12716-9_5

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