Effect of various parameters on effective engineering properties of 2 × 2 braided composites

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-128

  Goyal, Deepak ^a   Tang, Xiaodong ^a   Whitcomb, John D ^a   Kelkar, Ajit D ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WEAVING;

BRAIDS; MATERIAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; TEXTILE COMPOSITES;

TEXTILES;

COMPOSITES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TEXTILES; WEAVING;

EID: 27944456420     PISSN: 15376494     EISSN: 15376532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376490490493998     Document Type: Article

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