Impact and shear properties of carbon fabric/ poly-dicyclopentadiene composites manufactured by vacuum‐assisted resin transfer molding

SIMULATION-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL OF THICK COMPOSITE LAMINATES MANUFACTURED BY RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING by

Electronic properties of carbon nanotube/fabric composites

Single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT)/fabric composite materials were manufactured using two simple manufacturing processes. The first method is direct deposition of SWNTs by either a spray method or by incubation; the other is a Quasi-Langmuir–Blodgett (QLB) transfer technique. The composite retains high mechanical strength (governed by the fabric), and good electrical properties (determined by...

Modeling of Resin Transfer Molding

Resin Transfer Molding (RTM), as a method for the manufacture of advanced ber reinforced composite materials, is attractive because it ooers the possibility of lower manufacturing costs and more complex shapes than traditional methods. A major issue in this new manufacturing process is the elimination of void spaces in the resin ll operation, so that products with high quality are manufactured....

Direct Adaptive Control of Resin Transfer Molding

Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) is a manufacturing process that involves injection of liquid resin into a closed mold cavity containing preset fiber mats and a subsequent curing stage. Mold filling is a crucial stage for quality part productions. In order to automate production and minimize the formation of defects, control of mold filling is needed. In this paper, direct adaptive control strategy...

Non-Polluting Composites Repair and Remanufacturing for Military Applications: Co-Injection Resin Transfer Molding

Vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) processes have been proven to be cost-effective manufacturing techniques for large composite structures. However, their use has been limited to single resin systems. A large variety Of composite structures requires multiple resins to serve different purposes while being integrated into a single structure. Significant environmental cost savings are ...