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Dynamic percolation grid Monte Carlo simulation

  • Altmann Nara (Centre for High Performance Polymers, Division of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland) ;
  • Halley Peter J. (Centre for High Performance Polymers, Division of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland) ;
  • Nicholson Timothy M. (Centre for High Performance Polymers, Division of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland)
  • Published : 2007.03.31
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Abstract

A dynamic Monte Carlo percolation grid simulation is used to predict the cure behaviour of thermoset materials. Molecules are distributed in a fixed grid and a probability of reaction is assigned to each pair of neighbouring units considering both reaction rates and diffusion. The concentration and network characteristics are predicted throughout the whole curing process and compared to experimental data for an epoxy-amine matrix.

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