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-fatigue 179-181,204 Wedge element, 97
- flexural properties 170-1 76 Weft, 70
- impact damage resistance 195-199 Weft knit, 32-35
- interlaminar fracture properties 182- Woven composites
195 - applications 7-10, 107-108,128,136
- interlaminar shear properties 176- - compressive properties 123-126
178 - damage 45,108,129
-joints 201-204 - distance fabric 22, 133-134, 136
- manufacture 40-43,46,56-57, 164- - failure mechanisms 116-118,124-
165 125
- microstructure 164-169 - fatigue properties 126
- tension properties 170-176 - flexural properties 126-127
Stitch density, 152, 153, 158, 160 - impact damage resistance 132-133
Stitching process 40-43,46,56-57, - interlaminar fracture properties 128-
164-165 132
Sub-block, 94 - interlaminar shear properties 127
- manufacture 15-19,22,46,56-57,
T 108
- microstructure 108-1 12
Tensile properties - tensile properties 1 13- 122
-braided composites 138-144 - tow straightening 116
- knitted composites 149-154 - Young’s modulus 113-1 16
- stitched composites 170-176
- stitched lap joints 202-204 X
- woven composites 113-122
- woven yams 108-109 X assembly, 95
- z-pinned composites 210
Tensor transformation, 87 Y
Tetrahedral element, 97
Tooling 48-5 1,57 Y assembly, 95
Tow element, 100 Yam architecture, 158
Twill, 70 Yam crimp, 70
Yam kink, 156
U Yam loop, 154
Yam undulation, 70, 80
Undulation function, 80 Yam size, 141, 142
Unidirectional composites, 82 Yam waviness, 105
Unit cell, 70,73,76,78,79,82, 86, 88,
92,94 Z

W Z assembly, 95
Z-pinned composites
Warp, 70 - applications 12,205
Warp knit, 32-35 - compressive properties 2 10-2 1 I
Waviness knockdown factor, 91 - edge delamination 2 15
Weaving process (also see multilayer - fatigue 215
weaving) 14-24 - damage 209