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Ising’s model, incorporated with Monte Carlo simulation, is applied to the investigation of the mold filling processes. The behavior of a fluid flowing through fibrous structures is determined by both the fiber–fluid interaction within the system and the applied pressure. When the pressure is comparatively small, interaction within the system is found to dominate the flowing behavior, as shown in the behavior of water flowing through the PET fiber mat in the first part of the study. Then, when the applied pressure increases, it produces an effect that exceeds, little by little, that of the interaction within the system, and becomes dominant in determining the flowing behavior of the fluid. And this applies to the behavior of unsaturated polyester resin flowing through glass fiber-woven fabrics, as described in the second part of the study.

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mold filling fibrous structures Ising’s model Monte Carlo simulation

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A Statistic Model of Mold Filling through Fibrous Structures

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