A MODEL FOR PREDICTING FREE SURFACE FLOW OF THE RTM PROCESS
Paper i proceeding, 2017

A novel model is developed for modeling the Resin Transfer Moulding process. The compressible two-phase flow porous media formulations accounting for the capillary effects and relative permeability are derived. The resulting equations lead to a non-linear coupled closed system that contains a parabolic mixture pressure equation plus a convection-diffusion-reaction saturation equation. Then a staggered Galerkin finite element approach is used to decouple the solution of mixture pressure and saturation degree. Moreover, the Streamline-Upwind/Petrov-Galerkin (SUPG) technique is applied to attenuate the oscillations in the saturation solutions. The model accuracy and convergence of the solving scheme is then demonstrated through 1-D numerical examples. The present model is turned out to be a standard boundary value and initial value problem with high computational efficiency and robust solutions.

Porous media theory

Resin transfer moulding

Process modeling

Författare

Da Wu

Chalmers, Tillämpad mekanik, Material- och beräkningsmekanik

Ragnar Larsson

Chalmers, Tillämpad mekanik, Material- och beräkningsmekanik

ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials

Vol. 2017-August

21st International Conference on Composite Materials
Xi'an, China,

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Beräkningsmatematik

Infrastruktur

C3SE (Chalmers Centre for Computational Science and Engineering)

Styrkeområden

Materialvetenskap

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