A New Model for the Simulation and Improvement of Resin Transfer Molding Process

In the curre nt work, first of all, a ge ne ral the ore tical two- phase mode l was propose d to simulate the flow in the resin transfer molding RTM. This mode l has bee n wide ly use d in ge ologic me dia and pe trole ums reservoirs and satisfie d re sults have bee n give n. The similarity betwee n these me dium and our composite domain e ithe r in he terogene ity or in fluid flo w has motivate d this choice . Base d on multiphase darcy's law, the mode l has bee n deve lope d to simulate the saturation distribution for two compressible immiscible phases which are resin and the air, it may control the formation of the void in composite mate rial. The n, a particular case of the mode l was simulate d nume rically which is we ll known as the bucke ly-le vrett mode l. Using the first time the control volume -finite e leme nt CV/FEM method, the results of this study agree qualitative ly with e xpe rime ntal and nume rical findings.