Woven integrated multilayered structures for engineering preforms

Solid three-dimensional woven textiles

“…Therefore, the readership can be only directed to some informative sources (such as publications of Ko, 1989;Pastore and Ko, 1989;Hill et al, 1993Hill et al, , 1994McIlhagger et al, 1995;Soden and Hill, 1998;Kamiya et al, 2000;Clarke, 2000;Tong et al, 2002, just to mention a few).…”

Manufacturing processes for composite materials and components for aerospace applications

“…The vast majority of the tows employed in woven, braided or knitted reinforcements comprise low twist or untwisted continuous filament yarns. Three-dimensional technical textiles can be produced by weaving [5], knitting [6] and braiding [7] or as non-crimp fabrics.…”

Stabilisation of 3D Preforms with Thermoplastic Monofilament for Advanced Composite Manufacture

“…T-skins and I-beams has been produced and it has also been shown that preform properties, such as the amount of through-the-thickness fibre in the structure, can be predicted and controlled. 5,6,7 Problems associated with the use of three-dimensional woven preforms such as maintaining the stability of the preform structure and in producing near-netshapes still exist. Without stabilisation, particularly with tapered sections the preform is readily distorted upon handling, particularly at the edge where fibre loss or damage may also occur.…”