Abstract: Effect of fiber volume fraction on occurrence, morphology, and spatial distribution of microvoids in resin transfer molded E-glass/epoxy composites is investigated. Three disk-shaped center-gated ...

Abstract: The state of nanoclay dispersion in a molded epoxy disk and its effects on the thermomechanical properties of the resulting nanocomposite are analyzed. A commercially available nanoclay, ...

Abstract: The common methods used to determine the diffusion coefficients of polymer composites are based on the solution of Fickian diffusion equation in one-dimensional (1D) rectangular domain. However, ...

Abstract: Performance of composite materials usually suffers from process-induced defects such as dry spots and microscopic voids. While effects of void content in molded composites have been studied ...