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The effect of cooling passages and their location in the simulation block was also analyzed. The numerical results were then compared with the experimental measurements of sample centerline temperature, ambient temperature, die surface temperature, and die surface heat loss. Measured values were then compared with the initial predicted values. Experimental modeling was then done on the pultrusion machine which gave the transient temperature field experienced by a standard cross-section of material being pultruded. Comparisons were then made between the two types of experimental measurements and numerical estimates. 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The numerical results were then compared with the experimental measurements of sample centerline temperature, ambient temperature, die surface temperature, and die surface heat loss. Measured values were then compared with the initial predicted values. Experimental modeling was then done on the pultrusion machine which gave the transient temperature field experienced by a standard cross-section of material being pultruded. Comparisons were then made between the two types of experimental measurements and numerical estimates. 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