
3-D Textile Reinforcements in Composite Materials
A. Miravete(Editor)
Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Published on 9. August 1999
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-85573-376-3 (ISBN)
Article exhausted; check different version
Description
Laminated composite materials have been used since the 1960s for structural applications. This first generation of materials were successful because of the materials' high stiffness and strength performance. The aims of this book are to describe the manufacturing processes, to highlight the advantages, to identify the main applications, to analyse the methods for prediction of mechanical properties and to focus on the key technical aspects of these materials in order to discover how better to exploit their characteristics and to overcome their disadvantages in relation to the laminated composite materials.This book covers many areas related to 3-D fabric textile technologies, and manufacturing is treated as a key issue. Theoretical aspects of micro- and macromechanics are covered in depth, as well as properties and behaviour. Specific techniques including braiding, stitching and knitting are described and compared in order to evaluate the most attractive configurations available at the moment. Present and future applications and trends are described to illustrate that 3-D textiles are part of the real industrial world not only today but tomorrow as well.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85573-376-3 (9781855733763)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
08/1999
Woodhead Publishing
€200.00
Available for download
Person
Antonio Miravete is Director and professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. He is Chairman of the Spanish Association for Composite Materials and a member of the International Committee of Composite Materials. Professor Miravete is also author of 13 books and about 100 papers in international journals.
Content
Why are 3-D textile technologies applied to composite materials? 3-D textile reinforcements in composite materials; 3-D textile reinforced composites for the transportation industry; Mechanical modelling of solid woven fabric composites; Macromechanical analysis of 3-D textile reinforced composites; Manufacture and design of composite grids; Knitted fabric composites; Braided structures; 3-D forming of continuous fibre reinforcement for composites; Resin impregnation and prediction of fabric properties.