Process Modeling in Composites Manufacturing

Abstract

Properties and performance of products made from fiber reinforced composites depend on materials, design, and processing. This book is about polymer composites processing. Three decades ago our understanding of mass, momentum, and energy transfer during composites processing was nonexistent. As a result, almost all manufacturing was based on experience, intuition and trial and error. We have come a long way since then. Many researchers did delve into this difficult and poorly understood area to uncover the physics and chemistry of processing and to develop the fundamental and constitutive laws to describe them.