The potential of 3-D woven composites exemplified in a composite component for a lower-leg prosthesis

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 27, Issue 4 PART A, 1996, Pages 271-277

  Limmer, L ^a   Weissenbach, G ^a   Brown, D ^a   McIlhagger, R ^a   Wallace, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 D woven composite; Finite element analysis; Manufacture; Stiffness tailoring

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROSTHETICS; STIFFNESS;

LOWER LEG PROSTHESIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL WOVEN REINFORCEMENTS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0029733798     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-835X(95)00040-9     Document Type: Article

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