Process modeling in composites manufacturing (manufacturing engineering & materials processing vol. 60)

This book examines transport equations especially geared toward polymer flows, the basics of fluid mechanics and heat transfer principles, short fiber suspension and advanced thermoplastic manufacturing methods, reaction and crystallization kinetics and permeability of fabrics, conventional assumptions in polymer composite processing, modelling tools such as dimensionless analysis and closed forms solutions, compression and injection molding and extrusion, diaphragm, matched die, and stretch and roll forming, thermoset vs.thermoplastics pultrusion, and filament winding of thermosetting matrix composites.