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Volume 8, Issue 4, 1999
Effect Of Fibre Bundle Structure on Stretch Forming Properties Of Plain Weft-Knitted Fabric Composites

T.C.Lim, S.Ramakrishna, H.M.Shang

Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, The National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260.

Abstract

Knitted fabrics are known for their excellent stretchability and their flat composites have recently been shown to be easily stretch-formed into thin shells of revolution. In this paper, the stretch-forming properties are being investigated with due attention given to the fibre bundle loop structure. The capability of a plain weft-knitted fabric composite sheet to be stretch-formed is elucidated with reference to the fibre bundle structure.

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