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Wicking Tests for Unidirectional Fabrics: Measurements of Capillary Parameters to Evaluate Capillary Pressure in Liquid Composite Molding Processes

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07:06 min

January 27th, 2017

DOI :

10.3791/55059-v

January 27th, 2017


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Wicking Test

Chapters in this video

0:05

Title

0:46

Fabric Sample Preparation

1:36

Initial Geometric Factor Determination

3:03

Determination of the Apparent Advancing Contact Angle

3:57

Evaluation of Liquid Weight Contribution from the Sample Holder

4:57

Results: Wicking Tests of Carbon Fabrics and Treated and Untreated Flax Fabrics

5:54

Conclusion

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