Introduction

Multiscale Resin Flow Modeling

Prediction of Capillary Pressure

Influence of Capillary Pressure on Tow Filling

Void Transport

Conclusions

• The influence of capillary pressure on tow filling increases with a decreasing applied pressure
• When bubbles are forced to convect through fiber tows, it does not significantly influence t* if the bubble splits into multiple parts or stays connected
• Tow aspect ratio and fiber volume fraction have a large effect on the likelihood of bubbles escaping during composite processing

Acknowledgements

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