Design and Manufacture of Textile Composites - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0849325935 ISBN 13: 9780849325939

Publisher: CRC Press, 2006

Synopsis

Textile composites encompass a rather narrow range of materials, based on three-dimensional reinforcements produced using specialist equipment. This book describes the design, manufacture and applications of textile composites. The intention is to describe the broad range of polymer composite materials with textile reinforcements, from woven and non-crimp commodity fabrics to 3-D textiles and their applications. The book gives particular attention to the modelling of textile structures, composites manufacturing methods, and subsequent component performance. This practical book is an invaluable guide for manufacturers of polymer composite components, end-users and designers, structural materials researchers, and textile manufacturers involved in the development of new products with textile composites.

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Review

"an invaluable guide for manufacturers of polymer composite components, end-users and designers, researchers in the fields of structural materials and technical textiles and textile manufacturers. ... covers a broad range of  polymer composite materials with textile reinforcements."

-- Journal of Natural Fibers

"This book is likely to become the standard work of reference on textile composites and is highly recommended because of its broad coverage of this important field."

― Textile Month

"...an excellent and detailed study of a rapidly changing field, because of the comprehensive treatment of the subject that it provides."

― International Dyer

From the Back Cover

The term `textile composites' is often used to describe a rather
narrow range of materials, based on three-dimensional reinforcements
produced using specialist equipment. In Design and manufacture of textile
composites, however, the term is used to describe the broad range of
polymer composite materials with textile reinforcements, from woven and
non-crimp commodity fabrics to three dimensional textiles.

Whilst attention is given to modelling of textile structures, composites
manufacturing methods and subsequent component performance, it is
substantially a practical book, intended to help all those developing new
products with textile composites. Chapters on modelling include material
models and data of use to both researchers and manufacturers, along with
case studies for real components. Chapters on manufacturing describe both
current processing technologies and emerging areas, and give practical
processing guidelines. The last section contains a number of chapters
covering applications from a broad range of areas, including
transportation, sporting construction and medical applications. As well as
illustrating typical components in each area, associated design
methodologies and interactions between processing and performance are
covered.

Design and manufacture of textile composites is an invaluable guide for
manufacturers of polymer composite components, end-users and designers,
researchers in the fields of structural materials and technical textiles
and textile manufacturers. It will also provide manufacturers of
traditional textiles with new areas to investigate and potential markets.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0849325935
• ISBN 13: 9780849325939
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 476
• Editor: Long A C