Research Article
Contribution to the numerical study of the thermal gradient during the fabrication of composite materials by the RTM process.
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.24-4-2019.2284094, author={Soukayna ELYOUSSFI and Abdellatif EL OUJDI and SAAD aouatif and HATTABI Mohamed and ECHCHELH Adil}, title={Contribution to the numerical study of the thermal gradient during the fabrication of composite materials by the RTM process.}, proceedings={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computing and Wireless Communication Systems, ICCWCS 2019, April 24-25, 2019, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofa\~{n}l University -K\^{e}nitra- Morocco}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICCWCS}, year={2019}, month={5}, keywords={keywords resin transfer molding (rtm) thermal gradient polyester/glass one-dimensional finite difference temperature degree of curing volume fraction of the fibers}, doi={10.4108/eai.24-4-2019.2284094} }- Soukayna ELYOUSSFI
Abdellatif EL OUJDI
SAAD aouatif
HATTABI Mohamed
ECHCHELH Adil
Year: 2019
Contribution to the numerical study of the thermal gradient during the fabrication of composite materials by the RTM process.
ICCWCS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.24-4-2019.2284094
Abstract
Abstract. Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) has become one of the most efficient processes in the field of composite materials, among the steps in composite part processing is the curing reaction. In the majority of cases this reaction is of exothermic nature and accompanied by a rise in temperature in the center of the laminate, this leads to the appearance of a thermal gradient. This research work aims to highlight the thermal gradient generated as a result of a cross linking reaction. The objective is to reduce the temperature excess in the Polyester / Glass laminate. By means of a one-dimensional numerical study using the finite- difference method we have shown that the energy balance depends not only on the temperature and the degree of curing but also on several other factors namely: the volume fraction of the fibers and the temperature cycle. The comparison of the results with literature showed a good agreement.