| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/J76972/01 |
| Title: |
EXP.STUDY & MODELLING OF INFILTRATN, MOULD FILLING & FIBRE REINFORCEMENT DISTORTN IN RESIN TRANSFER MOULDING |
| Principal Investigator: |
Lekakou, Professor C |
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Engineering and Physical Sciences |
| Organisation: |
University of Surrey |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 June 1994 |
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31 October 1997 |
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141,873
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The objectives of this proposal are:i) To carry out experimental studies to visualise resin flow, resin impregnation of fibre bundles, fibre deformation and to monitor porosity under different processing conditions.ii) To develop a mechanics based model for fibre deformation taking into account fibre compressibility, resin flow and tow impregnation.iii) To develop a model for the impregnation of fibre tows and reinforcement by resin, taking into account fibre deformation and change of porosity.iv) To implement the above models into a RTM code which will be tested against experimental data. This code will also be used to construct processing windows.
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