Air evacuation during vacuum bag only prepreg processing of honeycomb sandwich structures : In-plane air extraction prior to cure
- Submitting institution
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University of Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 147705367
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.compositesa.2014.10.013
- Title of journal
- Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
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- First page
- 365
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 1359-835X
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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A - Advanced Composites Collaboration for Innovation & Science ACCIS
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This paper describes the development of a numerical model to investigate how air is evacuated from lightweight composite honeycomb sandwich structures to minimise voids that cause a deterioration in performance. The model was validated with embedded sensors in collaboration with project partners Bombardier Aerospace, Bell Helicopter, and the University of British Columbia. Part of a substantial body of work on out-of-autoclave prepreg structures that led to Kratz’s 1st Prize for a student working on a Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec (CRIAQ) project, and Hubert’s keynote at the eleventh international conference on flow processes in composite materials.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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