We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2009
Introduction
The term ‘textile structural composites’ is used to identify a class of advanced composites utilizing fiber preforms produced by textile forming techniques, for structural applications. The recent interest in textile structural composites stems from the need for improvements in intra- and interlaminar strength and damage tolerance, especially in thick-section composites. Textile composites offer the potential of providing adequate structural integrity as well as shapeability for near-net-shape manufacturing (Chou and Ko 1989).
Textile structural composites provide the unique capability that the microstructure of fiber preforms can be designed to meet the needs of the performance of composite structures. Textile structural composites can be fabricated directly to their final shapes or can be assembled or readily machined to specified contours and dimensions. A total system approach is necessary to optimize the composite performance through the consideration of preform availability, cost, ease of processing, needs for secondary work such as machining, joinability of parts, and the overall performance of the composite structure. Chapters 6 and 7 discuss the fundamental characteristics of two- and three-dimensional textile preforms and the analysis of composite behavior based upon these preforms. The following discussions of yarn assembly, as well as textile preforms and characteristics, are based upon the review of Scardino (1989).
The forming of textile preforms requires knowledge of the structure of yarns and fibers. Yarns are linear assemblages of fibers formed into continuous strands having textile characteristics, i.e. substantial strength and flexibility.
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.
