Squeezed sponge model

Two matrix flow submodels have been proposed the sequential compaction model [15] and the squeezed sponge model [11], Both flow models are based on Darcy s Law, which describes flow through porous media. Each composite layer is idealized as a fiber sheet surrounded by thermoset resin (Fig. 13.9). By treating the fiber sheet as a porous medium, the matrix velocity iir relative to the fiber sheet is given as (Eq. 13.5) ... 

In the squeezed sponge model [11,13], compaction is not necessarily sequential and the applied pressure is shared by both the matrix and the fiber bed. The fiber bed behaves as a rapidly stiffening nonlinear spring. Pressure in the fiber bed is a function of fiber bed compaction. The rate of change of the fiber volume fraction is related to the pressure drop... 

Some nonlinearities have been introduced in the squeezed sponge model ... 

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