Effect of yarn cross-sectional shape on resin flow through inter-yarn gaps in textile reinforcements

Axial flow through gaps between aligned straight yarns with realistic cross-sectional shapes, described by power-ellipses, was analysed numerically. At a given fibre volume fraction, equivalent gap permeabilities have a maximum at minimum size of elongated tapering parts of the gap cross-section and...

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Main Authors: Endruweit, Andreas, Zeng, X., Matveev, Mikhail Y., Long, Andrew C.
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47777/