Net-Shape Knitting for Complex Composite Preforms

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Van Vuure, Aart W ^a   ko, Frank K ^a   Beevers, Claire ^b  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC VEHICLES; KNITTING MACHINERY; PREFORMING;

WEFT KNITTING;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

COMPOSITES; KNITTING; PREFORMING;

AUTOMOTIVE TEXTILE; COMPOSITE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PREFORM; WEFT KNITTING;

EID: 0037287342     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750307300101     Document Type: Article

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