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Gibbons, Gregory John, Segui-Garza, Juan Jose and Hansell, Robert George (2010) Low-cost resin infusion mould tooling for carbon fibre composites manufacture. Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings. Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol.224 (No.4). pp. 511-518. doi:10.1243/09544100JAERO583 ISSN 0954-4100.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/09544100JAERO583
Abstract
This article describes the research to date carried out under the BAE Systems/Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)-funded programme ‘Flapless Aerial Vehicle Integrated Interdisciplinary Research’ (FLAVIIR), aimed at developing innovative technologies for the low-cost manufacture of next-generation Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. The aim of the researchers in FLAVIIR was to develop low-cost innovative tooling technologies to enable the affordable manufacture of complex composite aerospace structures. The advances in tooling technology were achieved through the application of rapid prototyping, tooling and manufacture technologies to provide rapidly configured and reconfigurable tool concepts, for low-cost resin infusion moulding. This article introduces three tooling innovations: reconfigurable tooling concept, variable cavity tooling, and porous cavity tooling.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TS Manufactures T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Machining, Gums and resins, Carbon fibers, High technology, Aerospace engineering | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings. Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0954-4100 | ||||
Official Date: | 1 April 2010 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.224 | ||||
Number: | No.4 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 8 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 511-518 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1243/09544100JAERO583 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Funder: | BAE SYSTEMS (Firm), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||||
Grant number: | WIMRC (EPSRC) |
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