Analysis of knitted fabric reinforced composites: Part I. Fibre orientation distribution

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1579-1588

  Gommers, B ^a   Verpoest, I ^a   Van Houtte, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

B. anisotropy; E. knitting; Orientation tensors; Textiles

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FUNCTIONS; TENSILE TESTING; TENSORS; TEXTILE FIBERS;

ORIENTATION TENSORS;

KNIT FABRICS;

EID: 0032314165     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(98)00095-5     Document Type: Article

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