Chapter 1 Introduction to Heat Transfer During the Forming of Organic Matrix Composites 1
Didier Delaunay

Chapter 2 Experimental Determination and Modeling of Thermorphysical Properties 29
Nicolas Boyard and Didier Delaunay

Chapter 3 Experimental Determination and Modeling of Transformation Kinetics 77
Nicolas Boyard, Jean-Luc Bailleul and M'hamed Boutaous

Chapter 4 Phase Change Kinetics within Process Conditions and Coupling with Heat Transfer 121
M'hamed Boutaous, Mattieu Zinet, Nicolas Boyard and Jean-Luc Bailleul

Chapter 5 From the Characterization and Modeling of Cure-Dependent Properties of Composite Materials to the Simulation of Residual Stresses 157
Yasir Nawab and Frederic Jacquemin

Chapter 6 Heat Transfer in Composite Materials and Porous Media: Multiple-Scale Aspects and Effective Properties 175
Michel Quintard

Chapter 7 Thermal Optimization of Forming Processes 203
Vincent Sobotka

Chapter 8 Modeling of Thermoplastic Welding 235
Gilles Regnier and Steven Le Corre

Chapter 9 Multiphysics for Simulation of Forming Processes 269
Luisa Silva, Patrice Laure, Thierry Coupez and Hugues Digonnet

Chapter 10 Thermal Instrumentation for the Control of Manufacturing Processes of Organic Matrix Composite Materials 301
Jean-Christophe Batsale and Christophe Pradere

Chapter 11 Sensors for Heat Flux Measurement 333
Fabien Cara and Vincent Sobotka

Chapter 12 Thermal Radiative Properties of Polymers and Associated Composites 359
Benoit Rousseau

Chapter 13 Infrared Radiation Applied to Polymer Processes 385
Yannick Le Maoult and Fabrice Schmidt

List of Authors 425

Index 427