Draping of textile composite reinforcements: Continuous and discrete approaches

Advanced Composites Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 125-132

  Boisse, P ^a   Hamila, N ^a   Helenon F ^a   Aimene, Y ^a   Mabrouki, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Continuous discrete; Draping; Fabrics textiles; Finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449022745     PISSN: 09636935     EISSN: 2633366X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096369350701600401     Document Type: Article

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