Knittability of Glass Fiber Weft-Knitted Preforms for Composites

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-21

  Savci, S ^a   Curiskis, J I ^a   Pailthorpe, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GLASS FIBERS; KNIT FABRICS;

MACHINE SETTINGS;

TEXTILES;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; KNITTABILITY; KNITTED FABRIC; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035049125     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750107100103     Document Type: Article

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