Automatically generated geometric descriptions of textile and composite unit cells

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-312

  Robitaille, F ^a   Long, A C ^a   Jones, I A ^a   Rudd, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Fabrics textiles; C. Computational modelling; E. Resin transfer moulding (RTM); Permeability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TEXTILES;

COMPOSITE UNIT CELLS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COMPOSITES; PERMEABILITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; TEXTILES;

EID: 0037387401     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(03)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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