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Figure 8.4 Photographs and illustrations of stitching damage. (a) Dry woven fabric
showing broken fibres caused by stitching. (b) Schematic and (c) photograph showing
the local misalignment of fibres around a stitch. From Mouritz and Cox (2000) and Wu
and Liau (1994), respectively. (d) Schematic of fibre crimping caused by stitching.
(From Mouritz and Cox, 2000).