Characterising and modelling variability of tow orientation in engineering fabrics and textile composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1034-1041

  Abdiwi, F ^a   Harrison, P ^a   Koyama, I ^a   Yu, W R ^b   Long, A C ^c   Corriea, N ^d   Guo, Z ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Fabrics textiles; A. Textile composites; C. Deformation; C. Multi scale modelling; Variability

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY VALUES; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FABRICS/TEXTILES; FINITE ELEMENT; FLAT SHEETS; FULL-FIELD; GLASS FABRIC; GLASS-POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES; LENGTH SCALE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MULTI-SCALE MODELLING; NUMERICAL CODE; SELF-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENES; SHEAR ANGLES; SIMPLE GENETIC ALGORITHM; STATISTICAL VARIABILITY; TEXTILE COMPOSITE; UNIT CELLS; VARIABILITY; WOVEN TEXTILES;

DEFORMATION; GLASS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENES; TEXTILES; THERMOPLASTICS;

WEAVING;

EID: 84860349413     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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