Influence of stochastic variations in the fibre spacing on the permeability of bi-directional textile fabrics

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 679-694

  Endruweit, Andreas ^a   Long, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; TEXTILES;

FIBER SPACING; FIBRE ANGLE VARIATIONS; GLOBAL PERMEABILITY; STOCHASTIC INJECTION SIMULATION;

FABRICS;

FABRIC; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SIMULATION; TEXTILES;

EID: 33746868143     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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