Title: Modeling Flow in Compression Resin Transfer Molding for Manufacturing of Complex Lightweight High-Performance Automotive Parts
Abstract: Lightweight vehicles for energy savings encourages the use of composites in the new generation of vehicles. The compression resin transfer molding process (CRTM) is a novel variation of liquid composite molding (LCM) which offers fast manufacturing cycle for net-shape complex parts with excellent performance, ideal for the automotive industry. The process combines features of resin transfer molding (RTM) and compression molding. The process stages are identified and compared to other LCM processes to take advantage of existing simulation tools. A numerical model that simulates the resin flow in this process is proposed. Several first-order analyses are developed to estimate important process parameters to simplify modeling. Finally, this approach is used to model and simulate the process and is applied to a complex automotive part (the Automotive Composites Consortium B-pillar) with qualitative experimental validation.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-08-07
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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