Modeling the geometry of satin weave fabric composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-56

  Rao, M P ^a   Pantiuk, M ^a   Charalambides, P G ^a,b  

^a Baltimore County   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundles; Composites; Discretization; Fiber; Finite elements; Geometric modeling; Surface functions; Unit cell; Volume fraction.

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; CHEMICAL VAPOR INFILTRATION; FABRICS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; RESINS; SAILING VESSELS; SILK; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TITRATION; WEAVING;

BUNDLES; COMPOSITES; DISCRETIZATION; FINITE ELEMENTS; GEOMETRIC MODELING; SURFACE FUNCTIONS; UNIT-CELL;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

BUNDLES; CARBON FIBERS; CERAMICS; COMPOSITES; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SILK; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN; VOLUMETRY; WEAVING;

EID: 58149335321     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998308097437     Document Type: Article

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