Numerical Simulation of Mould Filling Process in Resin Transfer Moulding

Numerical Simulation of Mould Filling Process in Resin Transfer Moulding

This paper presents a simulation procedure for the mould-filling processes in which a field-analysis module of a general-purpose finite-element package is employed. The formulations used in this procedure are based on the finite element/nodal control-volume approach. The numerical concepts employed...

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Main Authors: Lam, Yee Cheong, Joshi, Sunil Chandrakant, Liu, X. L.
Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Curing
Computational simulation
Finite-element analysis
Nodal control-volume
Polymer-matrix composites
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80836
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38848
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:This paper presents a simulation procedure for the mould-filling processes in which a field-analysis module of a general-purpose finite-element package is employed. The formulations used in this procedure are based on the finite element/nodal control-volume approach. The numerical concepts employed for modelling the effects of convective heat transfer on temperature and resin cure are discussed. Numerical implementation of the procedure is presented. The procedure was applied to simulate different mould-filling examples under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions. The results show that the simulation procedure developed is numerically valid and stable, and provides reasonably accurate predictions.

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