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Multi-Scaled Modeling the Mechanical Properties of Tubular Composites Reinforced with Innovated 3D Weft Knitted Spacer Fabrics

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Textile composites of 3D integrated spacer configurations have been recently focused by several researchers all over the world. In the present study, newly-designed tubular composites reinforced with 3D spacer weft knitted fabrics were considered and the effects of their structural parameters on some applicable mechanical properties were investigated. For this purpose, two different samples of 3D spacer weft knitted textile types in tubular form were produced on an electronic flat knitting machine, using glass/nylon hybrid yarns. Thermoset tubular-shaped composite parts were manufactured via vacuum infusion molding process using epoxy resin. The mechanical properties of the produced knitted composites in term of external static and internal hydrostatic pressures were evaluated. Resistance of the produced composites against the external static and internal hydrostatic pressures was numerically simulated using multi-scale modeling method. The finding revealed that there is acceptable correlation between experimental and theoretical results.

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  1. Department of Textile Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111, Iran

    Elahe Omrani & Hossein Hasani

  2. Department of Mechanical and Energy Systems Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

    Sayed Houssain Dibajian

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Omrani, E., Hasani, H. & Dibajian, S.H. Multi-Scaled Modeling the Mechanical Properties of Tubular Composites Reinforced with Innovated 3D Weft Knitted Spacer Fabrics. Appl Compos Mater 25, 145–161 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-017-9613-9

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