An experimental investigation of the bearing strength of weft-knitted 1 × 1 rib glass fiber composites

Composite Structures

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 392-396

  Tercan, Mevlüt ^a   Asi, Osman ^a   Aktaş, Alaattin ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bearing strength; Glass fibres; Knitting; Textile composites

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EPOXY RESINS; KNIT FABRICS; YARN;

BEARING STRENGTH; KNITTING; TEXTILE COMPOSITES;

GLASS FIBERS;

DIAMETER; FIBER PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; KNITTED FABRIC; STRENGTH; TESTING; WEFT KNITTING;

EID: 33845204543     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2005.10.015     Document Type: Article

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