Tooling design and microwave curing technologies for the manufacturing of fiber-reinforced polymer composites in aerospace applications

Abstract

Cite: Li, Yingguang, Li, Nanya and Gao, James (2014) Tooling design and microwave curing technologies for the manufacturing of fiber-reinforced polymer composites in aerospace applications.

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