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A Dual-Scale Analysis of Macroscopic Resin Flow in Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding Process  

박윤희 (서울대학교 기계항공공학부)
강문구 (서울대학교 전기컴퓨터공학부)
이우일 (서울대학교 기계항공공학부)
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Composites Research / v.15, no.6, 2002 , pp. 1-7 More about this Journal
Abstract
In VARTM process where a sacrificial medium is used to facilitate the resin flow, the velocity of resin varies drastically between the sacrificial medium and the fiber preform. Although the thickness-to-length ratio of a VARTM product is usually small, a 3-D analysis is prerequisite to analyze the lead-lag flow in the two different media. The problem associated with the full 3-D analysis is the CPU time. A full 3-D numerical mesh comprising large number of nodes requires an impractical CPU time on average computer platforms. In this study, a dual-scale analysis technique was developed. The flow analysis for the entire calculation domain was conducted in 2.5-D, and the 3-D analysis was performed for a small area of special concern. In some numerical examples, the local 3-D analysis could discover an eccentric flow pattern as well as the lead-lag flow that will inevitably be neglected in 2.5-D simulations. The global-local analysis technique practiced in this study can be used to analyze the intricate flow of resin through non-uniform media in affordable CPU times.
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