Investigation of Parameters Effect Resin Movement Velocity at Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding Method (VARTM)

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Sajad Rajabi Jalal ¹ , Mohammad Golzar ^{2 *}

1 - M.Sc Graduated, Departmant of Mechanical Engineering, Tarbiat Modarres University
2 - Assistant Prof., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tarbiat Modarres University

Received: 2014-01-09 Accepted : 2014-01-09 Published : 2013-02-01

Keywords: VARTM, Injection speed, Darcy’s Law,

Abstract :

In this paper, Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) method was simulated by analytical solution. Then the effect of parameters like fiber density, distribution of layer thickness, perform layer thickness, resin viscosity was investigated theoretically. Obtained results show that by selecting optimum distribution layer thickness, increasing fiber volume fraction, reducing viscosity of resin, maximum speed could be achieved in the process in such a way by optimizing these parameters the production speed will be improved.