A numerical investigation of the resin flow front tracking applied to the RTM process

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Autor(a) principal: Souza,Jeferson Avila
Data de Publicação: 2011
Outros Autores: Rocha,Luiz Alberto Oliveira, Amico,Sandro Campos, Vargas,José Viriato Coelho
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Materials research (São Carlos. Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392011000300011
Resumo: Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) is largely used for the manufacturing of high-quality composite components and the key stage during processing is the resin infiltration. The complete understanding of this phenomenon is of utmost importance for efficient mold construction and the fast production of high quality components. This paper investigates the resin flow phenomenon within the mold. A computational application was developed to track the resin flow-front position, which uses a finite volume method to determine the pressure field and a FAN (Flow Analysis Network) technique to track the flow front. The mass conservation problem observed with traditional FE-CV (Finite Element-Control Volume) methods is also investigated and the use of a finite volume method to minimize this inconsistency is proposed. Three proposed case studies are used to validate the methodology by direct comparison with analytical and a commercial software solutions. The results show that the proposed methodology is highly efficient to determine the resin flow front, showing an improvement regarding mass conservation across volumes.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A numerical investigation of the resin flow front tracking applied to the RTM process
title A numerical investigation of the resin flow front tracking applied to the RTM process
spellingShingle A numerical investigation of the resin flow front tracking applied to the RTM process
Souza,Jeferson Avila
RTM
resin transfer
finite volume
flow front tracking
FAN
title_short A numerical investigation of the resin flow front tracking applied to the RTM process
title_full A numerical investigation of the resin flow front tracking applied to the RTM process
title_fullStr A numerical investigation of the resin flow front tracking applied to the RTM process
title_full_unstemmed A numerical investigation of the resin flow front tracking applied to the RTM process
title_sort A numerical investigation of the resin flow front tracking applied to the RTM process
author Souza,Jeferson Avila
author_facet Souza,Jeferson Avila
Rocha,Luiz Alberto Oliveira
Amico,Sandro Campos
Vargas,José Viriato Coelho
author_role author
author2 Rocha,Luiz Alberto Oliveira
Amico,Sandro Campos
Vargas,José Viriato Coelho
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Souza,Jeferson Avila
Rocha,Luiz Alberto Oliveira
Amico,Sandro Campos
Vargas,José Viriato Coelho
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv RTM
resin transfer
finite volume
flow front tracking
FAN
topic RTM
resin transfer
finite volume
flow front tracking
FAN
description Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) is largely used for the manufacturing of high-quality composite components and the key stage during processing is the resin infiltration. The complete understanding of this phenomenon is of utmost importance for efficient mold construction and the fast production of high quality components. This paper investigates the resin flow phenomenon within the mold. A computational application was developed to track the resin flow-front position, which uses a finite volume method to determine the pressure field and a FAN (Flow Analysis Network) technique to track the flow front. The mass conservation problem observed with traditional FE-CV (Finite Element-Control Volume) methods is also investigated and the use of a finite volume method to minimize this inconsistency is proposed. Three proposed case studies are used to validate the methodology by direct comparison with analytical and a commercial software solutions. The results show that the proposed methodology is highly efficient to determine the resin flow front, showing an improvement regarding mass conservation across volumes.
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