Modeling mechanical properties of knitted fabric composites - Part I: Overview and geometric description

Science and Engineering of Composite Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 163-188

  Huang, Zheng Ming ^a   Ramakrishna, S ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Geometric description; Knitted fabric composite; Mechanical property; Modeling; Polymer composite

Indexed keywords

KNITTED FABRIC COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTOMERS; KNIT FABRICS; LOAD LIMITS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COMPOSITES; ELASTOMERS; KNIT FABRIC; LOADS;

EID: 0036992808     PISSN: 0334181X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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