Strength design with 2-D triaxial braid textile composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 359-365

  Smith, Lloyd V ^a   Swanson, Stephen R ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D braid fiber composites; Biaxial stress loading; Strength design; Strength properties

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED-FIBRE-REINFORCED; CARBON-FIBRE-REINFORCED; COMPOSITES; TENSILE; TESTING;

COMPRESSION TESTING; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LOADS (FORCES); STRAIN; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESSES; TENSILE TESTING; TEXTILES; TRANSFER MOLDING;

BIAXIAL STRESS LOADING; BRAIDED PREFORMS; CRITICAL STRAIN VALUES; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; STRENGTH DESIGN; TWO DIMENSIONAL TRIAXIAL BRAID TEXTILE COMPOSITE;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0029657261     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0266-3538(95)00113-1     Document Type: Article

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