Mechanics of three-dimensional braided structures for composite materials - part I: Fabric structure and fibre volume fraction

Composite Structures

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 451-459

  Tang, Z X ^a   Postle, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Braided composite preforms; Fibre volume fraction; Normalized pitch length; Three dimensional braid

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VOLUME FRACTION;

BRAIDED STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

BRAID; DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TEXTILE;

EID: 0034071855     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(00)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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