Sheet forming of the multi-layered biaxial weft knitted fabric reinforcement. Part I: On hemispherical surfaces

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 40, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 766-777

  Li, Xiong Kui ^a   Bai, Shu Lin ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

A. Fabrics textiles; C. Analytical modelling; C. Computational modelling; E. Forming

Indexed keywords

A. FABRICS/TEXTILES; C. ANALYTICAL MODELLING; C. COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING; E. FORMING; FIBRE BUNDLE; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; HEMISPHERICAL SURFACES; KNITTED FABRIC; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; MULTI-LAYERED; PSEUDOPLASTICITY; SHEET FORMING; SUBMODEL; SUBMODELS;

REINFORCEMENT;

FABRICS;

EID: 67349217455     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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