Development of auxetic fabrics using flat knitting technology

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1493-1502

  Hu, Hong ^a   Wang, Zhengyue ^a   Liu, Su ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Auxetic fabric; flat knitting; geometrical analysis; Poisson s ratio

Indexed keywords

KNITTING MACHINERY; POISSON RATIO;

COMPUTERIZED FLAT KNITTING MACHINES; FABRIC MANUFACTURING; FLAT KNITTING; GEOMETRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; KNITTING TECHNOLOGIES; PROCESS FLEXIBILITY; ROTATING RECTANGLES;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84860389185     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517511404594     Document Type: Article

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