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Research Article

Mesostructural simulation of discontinuous prepreg platelet based carbon fibre sheet moulding compounds informed by X-ray computed tomography

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Pages 342-358 | Received 20 Jan 2020, Accepted 06 May 2020, Published online: 07 Jun 2020

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