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Fall 2019
Twisted yarns are commonly used in traditional textiles applications, such as in apparel manufacture, but their study and use in composite textiles is limited, especially in the case of continuous multifilament yarns. In textiles applications, small amounts of twist have shown to increase the...
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Design and Development of a New Model for Predicting the Mechanical Properties of Three-Dimensional Braided Composite Materials
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Three-dimensional (3D) braided composite materials have been used in the transportation, aviation, and military applications because of their many beneficial attributes. Included in these attributes is their increased through thickness properties that make them an idea replacement for composites...
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Flame-sprayed Al-12Si Coatings as Damage Detection Sensors for Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites
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In this thesis, a characterization of flame sprayed aluminium 12silicon (Al 12Si) coatings as an electrical structural health monitoring (SHM) sensor for fibre reinforced polymer composite (FRPC) structures is presented. Flame sprayed Al 12Si coatings were deposited onto FRPC tubes and laminates....