Performance evaluation and modeling of braided composites

44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Kelkar, Ajit D ^a   Tate, Jitendra S ^a   Whitcomb, John ^b   Tang, Xiaodong ^b  

^a North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biaxial braided composites; Finite element model; VARTM

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED COMPOSITES; FIBER ARCHITECTURE; HIGH VOLUME MANUFACTURING; ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; VARTM;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PREFORMING; RESINS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 84896875974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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