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Numerical results reported (2) on a typical TGDDM-DDS matrix laminate, assuming that the prepregs are suddenly expose to die cure temperature, are diown in Fig. 24 (a,b,c) as me variation of die tenqierature, decree of reaction and viscosity as a function of the processing time, bodi on the dam and on the core of the laminate. Input data of die full model are givmi in Table 9 (2). Due to the contribution of die thermal conductivity of the fibm the tenqierature at the center of die laminate nqiidly reaches the external inqiosed temperature and increases as a con uence of die imbalance between the rate of heat generation and the thermal diffiisivity of the composite (Fig. 24a). When these two quantities are comparable, the temperature profile reaches a maximum. 

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