1;Foreword;62;Contents;83;1 Introduction;103.1;1.1 Composite Materials;103.2;1.2 How Composites are Made;163.3;1.3 Summary;213.4;References;234;2 Fundamentals - Transport Phenomena;244.1;2.1 Flow Through Porous Media - Single Phase Flow;244.1.1;2.1-1 Darcy's Law and the Permeability Tensor;244.1.2;2.1-2 Measuring the Effective Permeability;264.1.3;2.1-3 Analyzing the Experiments for the Permeability Tensor;314.1.4;2.1-4 2-Dimensional vs. 3-Dimensional Data Analysis;374.2;2.2 Heat Transfer and Chemical Reaction in Porous Media;394.2.1;2.2-1 Volume Averaging;394.2.2;2.2-2 The Energy Balance;414.2.3;2.2-3 RTM;424.2.4;2.2-4 SRIM and the Species Equation;454.3;2.3 Rheokinetics;464.3.1;2.3-1 Resin Reaction Kinetics;484.3.2;2.3-2 The Effects of Cure on the Viscosity;564.4;References;574.5;Homework Problems;594.6;Appendix I;604.7;Appendix II;614.8;Appendix III;645;3 RTM Fundamentals - Reinforcement Construction;665.1;3.1 Reinforcement Materials;665.2;3.2 Getting Ready for Preforming;705.3;3.3 2-Dimensional Fabrics and Early Preforming Methods;735.3.1;3.3-1 Random Mats;735.3.2;3.3-2 Textile Fabrics;765.4;3.4 Preforming 3-Dimensional Shapes;855.5;References;865.6;Homework Problems;876;4 Manufacturing Composites;886.1;4.1 Design and Optimization;886.1.1;4.1-1 Physical Model Based Design and Optimization;896.1.2;4.1-2 Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm Based Design and Optimization;1166.2;4.2 Tooling;1246.3;4.3 Measurement and Control;1316.3.1;4.3-1 Process Measurements;1316.3.2;4.3-2 Process Control;1416.4;References;1466.5;Homework Problems;1477;5 The Microstructure;1507.1;5.1 Multi-Phase Flows;1507.1.1;5.1-1 A Simple Model of Void Formation in LCM;1527.1.2;5.1-2 Innovative Processing Technology for LCM;1587.2;5.2 Optical Coherence Tomography;1607.2.1;5.2-1 Instrumentation for Optical Coherence Tomography;1607.2.2;5.2-2 OCT as a Tool to Help Predict Permeability;1617.2.3;5.2-3 OCT for Non-Destructive Evaluation;1647.3;References;1667.4;Homework Problems;1668;Subject Index;168