Bending properties play a significant role in the forming of textile composites reinforcements,
particularly in determining the shape of wrinkles. The physics related to the bending of …

The bias-extension test is a rather simple experiment aiming to determine in-plane shear
properties of textile composite reinforcements. However the mechanics during the test …

Wrinkling is one of the most common flaws that occur during textile composite reinforcement
forming processes. These wrinkles are frequent because of the possible relative motion of …

In this second international permeability benchmark, the in-plane permeability values of a
carbon fabric were studied by twelve research groups worldwide. One participant also …

Hencky (Über die angenäherte Lösung von Stabilitätsproblemen im Raum mittels der
elastischen Gelenkkette. Ph. D. thesis, Engelmann, 1921) proposed a discrete model for …

Issues of fossil fuel and plastic pollution are shifting public demand toward biopolymer-
based textiles. For instance, silk, which has been traditionally used during at least 5 …

This article presents a review of the current understanding of the mechanics of random fiber
networks. The discussion refers to athermal fiber networks, for which the governing …

Due to application-specific tailoring, continuous fiber reinforced plastics (CoFRP) provide an
exceptional lightweight potential and are particularly suited for structural components. The …

Preforming is an important step in the manufacturing of textile-reinforced composites with
resin infusion processes. It is important to control the fiber orientation to avoid fiber …

The formability of two different composite materials used in aerospace industry has been
investigated for a representative product geometry. The deformations during forming of …