Influence of the fabric architecture on the variations in experimentally determined in-plane permeability values

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1778-1792

  Endruweit, A ^a   McGregor, P ^b   Long, A C ^a   Johnson, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FIBRE-VOID DISTRIBUTION; STITCH-BONDED NON-CRIMP FABRIC; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; WOVEN FABRIC;

KNIT FABRICS;

MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; STITCH-BONDING; TOW; WOVEN FABRIC;

EID: 33744987187     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.10.031     Document Type: Article

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