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Relaxation Compression Resin Transfer Molding Under Magnetic Field: Modelling and Numerical Investigation

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The Relaxation Compression Resin Transfer Molding under Magnetic Field (RC-RTMMF) is a new variant of Liquid Composite Molding (LCM) family. This process uses a flexible magnetic membrane controlled by a magnetic field, in order to govern the relaxation and the compression stages by changing temporarily the permeability of the fabric preform. This new feature may reduce the filling time, and the injection equipment requirements, and at the same time the fiber volume fraction can be increased. In this study, a full mathematical modelling of the three major phases (relaxation-injection-compression) is conducted, followed by a numerical simulation, based on finite differences to investigate the effect of different processing scenarios on the processing time, resin pressure distribution and preform thickness uniformity. Investigation results show that scenario 1 can reduce the processing time by 48% and 55% compared to Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) and Vacuum Assisted Resin Infusion (VARI) with post infusion stage respectively.

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    Ahmed Ouezgan, Said Adima, Aziz Maziri, El Hassan Mallil & Jamal Echaabi

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Ouezgan, A., Adima, S., Maziri, A. et al. Relaxation Compression Resin Transfer Molding Under Magnetic Field: Modelling and Numerical Investigation. Appl Compos Mater 30, 677–704 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-023-10108-w

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