...N. V. David; X.-L. Gao; J. Q. Zheng The stress relaxation behavior of a Twaron CT709 ® fabric/natural rubber composite under a uniaxial constant strain is studied using three viscoelasticity models with different levels of complexity and a newly developed para-rheological model. The three...

... fibers themselves are inherently expensive to produce. In addition, they are often flammable and their use is restricted when fire is a critical design parameter. Glass fabrics are approximately one order of magnitude less expensive than similar carbon fabrics. However, they lack the stiffness...

...H. David Mattsson; Janis Varna Transverse strain in bundles governs transverse cracking in noncrimp fabric (NCF) composites. Finite element (FE) analysis shows that this strain may be significantly lower than the applied macroscopic strain component in the same direction. This feature is important...

... Soldier Center for insightful email and oral discussions, respectively. Cheeseman , B. A. , and Bogetti , T. A. , 2003 , “ Ballistic Impact Into Fabric and Compliant Composite Laminates ,” Compos. Struct. , 61 , pp. 161 – 173 . Johnson, G. R., Beissel, S. R., and Cunniff, P. M...