Diego Pico, S. Machado, J. Meza, J. Unfried-Silgado
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Abstract
Resin transfer molding process (RTM) has recently emerged in liquid composite moulding process (LCM) industry. RTM consists in polymeric resin injection into a closed mold containing a pre-arranged reinforcement material. In this work, the resin flow inside a rectangular mold (310´310´7 mm3) during the fabrication of coconut mesocarp fiber-reinforced composites using vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) was simulated. A computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis was performed in ANSYS® FLUENT using a volume of fluid (VOF) method and Darcy's law. The process was simulated for fiber volumetric fraction (xf) contents of 5%, 10%, 15% and 25%. Results showed that for percentages of reinforcement content higher than 25%, air trapping and incomplete filling of the mold occur. Simulated filling times were in acceptable agreement with the values obtained experimentally.
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The main topics of the journal are: Micro & Nano Technologies; Rapid Prototyping Technologies; High Speed Manufacturing Processes; Ecological Technologies in Machine Manufacturing; Manufacturing and Automation; Flexible Manufacturing; New Manufacturing Processes; Design, Control and Exploitation; Assembly and Disassembly; Cold Forming Technologies; Optimization of Experimental Research and Manufacturing Processes; Maintenance, Reliability, Life Cycle Time and Cost; CAD/CAM/CAE/CAX Integrated Systems; Composite Materials Technologies; Non-conventional Technologies; Concurrent Engineering; Virtual Manufacturing; Innovation, Creativity and Industrial Development.
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