Inter-laboratory comparison of biaxial tests for architectural textiles

Journal of the Textile Institute

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 706-718

  Bridgens, B ^a   Gosling, P ^a   Jou, G T ^b   Hsu, X Y ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TAIWAN TEXTILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

architectural fabric; biaxial; comparative test; Eurocode 10; reproducibility; textile

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL FABRICS; BIAXIAL; COMPARATIVE TESTS; EUROCODES; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STANDARDS; TEXTILES;

ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84863517905     PISSN: 00405000     EISSN: 17542340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405000.2011.602824     Document Type: Article

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