Initial fracture of the welt weft-knitted textile composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1185-1194

  Khondker, O A ^a   Fukui, T ^a   Nakai, A ^a   Hamada, H ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

B. Debonding; D. Fractography; E. Knitting; Initial fracture

Indexed keywords

DEBONDING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTILES; VOLUME FRACTION;

FIBRE BUNDLES; INITIAL FRACTURE; KNITTED COMPOSITES; MICRO-FRACTURES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 2942674679     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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