Studying the Mechanical Properties of Blended Fibrous Structures Using a Simple Model

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 502-507

  Pan, Ning ^a   Chen, Kezhang ^a   Monego, Constantin J ^b   Backer, Stanley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEND RATIO; BLENDED YARN; FABRIC PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033933931     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750007000606     Document Type: Article

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