Int. J. Indust. Entomol. Vol. 27, No. (1), pp. 180-184 (2013) 180 181 The dry mass of sericin and cocoons was determined using a moisture analyzer (XM60, Precesa, Switzerland). Rheological measurement were performed on 1) the 0.3% (w/ v) sericin aqueous solutions, 2) sericin gels prepared from the 0.3% sericin solution, and 3) frozen and thawed sericin gels. The steady-state flow of sericin sol...

To simulate the forming process of a unidirectional (UD) glass fiber non-crimp fabric (NCF) for wind turbine blades, material needs to be characterized. In this way, input model simulation can generated. One important deformation characterize is out-of-plane bending. A number test setups have been described in literature but it not clear which setup more appropriate UD NCF under consideration. ...