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Compression molding

Related publications (28)

High-density collagen gel tubes as a matrix for primary human bladder smooth muscle cells

Tissue-engineered grafts for the urinary tract are being investigated for the potential treatment of several urologic diseases. These grafts, predominantly tubular-shaped, usually require in vitro culture prior to implantation to allow cell engraftment on ...

Elsevier2011

Hydrogels for Urinary Tract Tissue Engineering

Several urinary tract disorders, such as hypospadias or bladder cancer, require reconstructive surgery to preserve the patient's quality of life and at times even save their life. The current available surgical treatments, involving grafts from other tissu ...

EPFL2011

Thermophysical and Thermomechanical Behavior of Cold-Curing Structural Adhesives in Bridge Construction

Omar Moussa

The use of the structural adhesive bonding technique is well established in the aircraft and automotive industries where, in most cases, joints can be fabricated indoors under controlled conditions. In the civil engineering domain, however, load-bearing st ...

EPFL2011

Consolidation of net-shape random fiber thermoplastic composite preforms

Jan-Anders Edvin Maansson, Patrick Blanchard, Véronique Michaud, Martyn Douglas Wakeman, Simon Jespersen

A novel thermoplastic composite preforming process has been developed. This thermoplastic programmable powdered preforming process (TP-P4) uses commingled glass and polypropylene yarns, which are chopped to a desired length and deposited onto a vacuum scre ...

2010

Analysis of the compaction phenomena due to the water injection in reservoirs with a three-phase geomechanical model

Lyesse Laloui, Mathieu Nuth

In the coastal regions, the land subsidence due to the industrial pumping of underground fluids such as methane is documented by the means of in situ surveys. The laboratory characterization of the gas bearing formations has also been published, which comp ...

Elsevier2010

Compressed collagen gel: a novel scaffold for human bladder cells

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Florian Maria Wurm, Peter Frey

Collagen is highly conserved across species and has been used extensively for tissue regeneration; however, its mechanical properties are limited. A recent advance using plastic compression of collagen gels to achieve much higher concentrations significant ...

Wiley-Blackwell2010

Rapid processing of net-shape thermoplastic planar random composite preforms

Jan-Anders Edvin Maansson, Patrick Blanchard, Véronique Michaud, Simon Jespersen, Daniel Schmäh

A novel thermoplastic composite preforming and moulding process is investigated to target cost issues in textile composite processing associated with trim waste, and the limited mechanical properties of current bulk flow- moulding composites. The thermopla ...

Springer Netherlands2009

Separation of the polymer matrix and the fibrous reinforcement during compression moulding of Glass Mat Thermoplastics (GMT)

Véronique Michaud

Homogeneous plane strain compression tests were performed on standard industrial GMT composites using a channel mould at 200oC. A charring and weighting technique was used to determine the fibre concentration after the compression experiments. Experimental ...

2008