Some recent advances in the fabrication and design of three-dimensional textile preforms: A review

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-47

  Kamiya, Ryuta ^a   Cheeseman, Bryan A ^b   Popper, Peter ^c   Chou, Tsu Wei ^b  

^a R and D Center   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Textile composites; B. Thermomechanical properties; E. Braiding; E. Knitting; Weaving

Indexed keywords

BRAIDING; COMPOSITE; DESIGN; MANUFACTURING; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PREFORM; STITCH; WARP KNITTING; WEAVING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PREFORMING; TEXTILES; WEAVING;

BRAIDING; KNITTING; TEXTILE COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0033622784     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(99)00093-7     Document Type: Article

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