OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FILLING AND POST-FILLING STAGES OF AXISYMMETRIC LIQUID COMPOSITE MOULDING WITH FLEXIBLE TOOLING

Jamie G Timms (1) , Quentin Govignon (1) , Simon Bickerton (1) , Piaras A Kelly (1)

1 CACM - Centre for Advanced Composite Materials, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

This paper presents experimental observations from the filling and post-filling stages of 1D axisymmetric Resin Infusion (VARTM) and RTM Light. A series of experiments have been performed to investigate the influence of mould flexural stiffness and fill mode on fluid pressure, cavity thickness, filling stage time, and post-filling stage time. Observations are also made on the effect of those parameters on the repeatability of nominally identical experiments.

Mots clés: VARTM; RTMLight; Experimental; Infusion

Domaines: Matériaux

Jamie G Timms, Quentin Govignon, Simon Bickerton, Piaras A Kelly. OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FILLING AND POST-FILLING STAGES OF AXISYMMETRIC LIQUID COMPOSITE MOULDING WITH FLEXIBLE TOOLING. 10 th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials (FPCM10), Jul 2010, Ascona, Switzerland. ⟨hal-02070791⟩