Heat transfer and cure analysis for the pultrusion of a fiberglass-vinyl ester I beam

摘要

In the present paper, the heat transfer and curing process during the pultrusion of a fiberglass-vinyl ester I beam is simulated using a finite element/control volume procedure developed at he Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures (CRC-ACS). The governing equations for the pultrusion process are introduced. The numerical algorithm adapted to solve the equations is briefly described. Numerical simulations are conducted to obtain the temperature and curing profiles for different temperature settings and pull speeds.