Study on large deformation characteristics of knitted fabric reinforced thermoplastic composites at forming temperature by digital image-based strain measurement technique

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 13-14, 2004, Pages 2153-2163

  Takano, Naoki ^a   Zako, Masaru ^a   Fujitsu, Reiko ^a   Nishiyabu, Kazuaki ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Textile composites; E. Knitting; Thermoforming

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; KNIT FABRICS; KNITTING MACHINERY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; POLYPROPYLENES; PRODUCT DESIGN; STRAIN; TENSORS; TEXTILE FIBERS; THERMOFORMING; THERMOPLASTICS;

DEFORMATION GRADIENT; POLAR DECOMPOSITION; TEXTILE COMPOSITES; THERMOFORMING TEMPERATURE;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

DEFORMATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNITTED FABRIC; MEASURING; THERMOPLASTIC PROPERTY;

EID: 3042787714     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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