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It is probably the case that in all the technical literature on RTM more pages are taken up by attempts to understand the processes that occur during the injection of resin than by any other single area of study. There are essentially two reasons for this. Firstly, the subject of how resin moves through a tool and wets out the reinforcement is central to questions of quality and production rate. Secondly, finding reliable answers to even the most basic questions has proven to be very difficult and this has acted as a spur to the further development of models.
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Potter, K. (1997). RTM theory. In: Resin Transfer Moulding. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0021-9_1
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