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          Figure 4.14 Schematic of idealised 3D orthogonal woven fabric unit cell (Tan, 1999)































                           J       (a) Cross-sectional shape   I







               (b) Schematic showing scheme of   (c) Schematic showing scheme of
               measuring the width             measuring the thickness

          Figure 4.15 micrograph of the cross-sectional shape of a 3D orthogonal woven CFRP
          composite (Tan et al, 2000a,b)
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