Geometrical model and stiffness prediction of 3D 4-directional braided composites

Fuhe Cailiao Xuebao/Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-138

  Xu, Kun ^a   Xu, Xiwu ^a,b   Wang, Hai ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b SHENYANG AIRCRAFT DESIGN AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

3D braided; Composites; Engineering elasticity constants; Geometrical model

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FORECASTING; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; YARN;

BRAIDED COMPOSITES; ENGINEERING ELASTICITY CONSTANTS; GEOMETRICAL MODEL; MUTUAL SQUEEZE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 15744394611     PISSN: 10003851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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