Normal and Parallel Permeability of Preform Composite Materials used in Liquid Molding Processes: Analytical Solution

Subject Areas : Engineering

M Nazari ¹ , M.M Shahmardan ² , M Khaksar ³ , M Khatib ⁴ , S Mosayebi ⁵

1 - Mechanical Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology
2 - Mechanical Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology
3 - Mechanical Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology
4 - Mechanical Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology
5 - Mechanical Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology

Received: 2016-03-20 Accepted : 2016-05-16 Published : 2016-06-30

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