Mold Filling and Curring Analysis in Vacuum-Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM)-SCRIMP

摘要

The objective of this paper is to analyze mold filling and curing in the Seemann Composite Resin Infusion Molding Process (SCRIMP). Mold filling experiments were carried out to explore the influence of various molding conditions on filling pattern and filling time. Computation models were developed to predict the flow pattern and filling time. In the cure study, a heat transfer model combined with the kinetic information of a vinyl ester resin was employed to simulate the cure behavior in SCRIMP. The effects of room temperature and mold materials on the curing process were discussed.