Geometrical analysis of co-woven knitted preform for composite reinforcement

Journal of the Textile Institute

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 405-418

  Xu, Yanhua ^a,b   Hu, Hong ^c   Yuan, Xinlin ^b  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nantong Textile Vocational Technology College   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Co woven knitted fabric; Geometry; Preform; Textile composite

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; PREFORMING; REINFORCEMENT; VOLUME FRACTION; WOOL; YARN;

COMPOSITE REINFORCEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; FIBER VOLUME FRACTIONS; KNITTED FABRIC; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); TEXTILE COMPOSITE;

WEAVING;

EID: 79952536245     PISSN: 00405000     EISSN: 17542340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405000.2010.482346     Document Type: Article

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