Process-microstructure relationships of 2-step and 4-step braided composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-251

  Byun, Joon Hyung ^a   Chou, Tsu Wei ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Braided composites; Microstructural characteristics; Process parameters; Unit cells

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; VOLUME FRACTION; YARN;

BRAIDED COMPOSITES; GEOMETRIC MODEL; MACRO CELL; PROCESS MICROSTRUCTURE RELATIONSHIPS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PROCESSING WINDOWS; UNIT CELLS; YARN JAMMING;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

BRAIDED-FIBRE-REINFORCED; COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029735582     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0266-3538(95)00112-3     Document Type: Article

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