Process modeling of composites by resin transfer molding: Practical applications of sensitivity analysis for isothermal considerations

B. J. Henz; Kumar K Tamma; R. Kanapady; N. D. Ngo; P. W. Chung

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Process modeling of composites by resin transfer molding: Practical applications of sensitivity analysis for isothermal considerations

B. J. Henz, Kumar K Tamma, R. Kanapady, N. D. Ngo, P. W. Chung

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The resin transfer molding process for composites manufacturing consists of either of two considerations, namely, the fluid flow analysis through a porous fiber preform where the location of the flow front is of fundamental importance, and the combined flow/heat transfer/cure analysis. In this paper, the continuous sensitivity formulations are developed for the process modeling of composites manufactured by RTM to predict, analyze, and optimize the manufacturing process. Attention is focused here on developments for isothermal flow simulations, and various illustrative examples are presented for sensitivity analysis of practical applications which help serve as a design tool in the process modeling stages.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	415-447
Number of pages	33
Journal	International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/09615530310475894
State	Published - 2003

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Finite elements
Moulding
Resins
Sensitivity analysis

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