Tensile properties of plain weft knitted glass fiber fabric reinforced epoxy composites

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 946-966

  Ramakrishna, S ^a   Cuong, N K ^b   Hamada, H ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Knitted fabric composites; Tensile failure mechanisms; Tensile properties; Textile composites

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KNIT FABRICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

GLASS FABRIC; TENSILE FAILURE;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0030680321     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073168449701601005     Document Type: Article

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