Motivation

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Table of Contents

PPT Slide

Motivation

Alternatives

Objectives

Approach—Divide and Conquer

PPT Slide

Configurations Studied

Materials Used

Resin Cure Kinetics

Heat of Reaction

Thermochemical Model

Electrical Resistivity of the Heating Elements

Model Validation

Validation Results

Local Void Fraction (1 Carbon Mat, 9W)

Void Fraction

Processing Window

Processing Window—Numerical Simulation based (Zhu and Pitchumani, J. Reinforced Plastics & Composites (99); Composites Science & Technology(99))

Optimal Number of Carbon Mats (Zhu and Pitchumani, J. Reinforced Plastics & Composites (99); Composites Science & Technology(99))

Summary

Acknowledgments