"Cure" is a process that converts a liquid resin into a solid by chemical reactions induced by heat (or radiation). This program simulates the distributions of temperature and degree of cure through out the thickness of a composite part for various mold-heating programs.

CREDITS

CONTENT AND ORGANIZATION
R. L. McCullough

COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHMS
Travis A. Bogetti, Army Research Laboratory

PROGRAMMING
Dennis Michaud
Roderic C. Don
Tae-Ki Kim
Martin Indermauer

GRAPHICS & DESIGN
Brian Banks
Mark A. Deshon

CONTACT
Giuseppe R. Palmese, Scientist

Center for Composite Materials
University of Delaware
Newark DE 19716

PALMESE@CCM.UDEL.EDU


This work was conducted in a joint effort between the University of Delaware and Michigan State University under the aegis of the National Science Foundation project Manufacturing Education and Training Program in Composite Materials for the DoD and Durable Goods Industries under the DARPA Supplementary Education Awards.

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