Analytical procedure for the prediction of elastic properties of plain knitted fabric-reinforced composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-37

  Ramakrishna, S ^a   Hamada, H ^b   Cheng, K B ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Cross over model; Elastic properties; Fibre orientation; Fibre volume fraction; Geometric model; Knitted fabric composites

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION; KNIT FABRICS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VOLUME FRACTION; YARN;

FIBER ORIENTATION; GEOMETRIC MODEL; KNITTED FABRIC COMPOSITE; KNITTED FABRIC STITCH DENSITY; LAMINATED PLATE THEORY; PLAIN KNITTED FABRIC REINFORCED COMPOSITE; YARN LINEAR DENSITY;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0030824974     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(96)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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