Modeling of anisotropic hyperelastic heterogeneous knitted fabric reinforced composites

Analyzing the Tensile Behavior of Warp-Knitted Fabric-Reinforced Composites. Part II. Modeling the Tensile Modulus of Composite

Analyzing the Tensile Behavior of Warp-Knitted Fabric Reinforced Composites Part I: Modeling the Geometry of Reinforcement

Impact Damage in Woven Fabric Reinforced Composites

INTRODUCTION Very often, woven fabrics are used as the reinforcement in advanced composite materials. Although the resulting inplane stiffness is lower than of their unidirectional counterparts, the excellent drapability of these materials eases the production of more general doubly curved components. In addition, the inherently low out-of-plane strength of these layered materials improves due ...

Modelling the Distortions of Skewed Woven Fabric Reinforced Composites

INTRODUCTION Woven textile structures are often used as reinforcements in composite materials. Their ease of handling, low fabrication cost, good stability, balanced properties, and excellent formability make the use of Woven Fabrics (WF) very attractive for structural applications in, for example, the automotive and aerospace industry. However, due to the process of draping the fibre orientati...

Formability Analysis of Bamboo Fabric Reinforced Poly (Lactic) Acid Composites

Poly (lactic) acid (PLA) composites have made their way into various applications that may require thermoforming to produce 3D shapes. Wrinkles are common in many forming processes and identification of the forming parameters to prevent them in the useful part of the mechanical component is a key consideration. Better prediction of such defects helps to significantly reduce the time required fo...