TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED FOR INTEGRALLY WEAVING PREFORMS CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE INTERSECTING PLANES. THE PROCESS RESULTS IN PREFORMS HAVING FIBER DOMINATED PROPERTIES AT THE INTERSECTION OF PLANES OF THE PREFORM, INCLUDING CONTINUOUS FIBERS THROUGH INTERSECTIONS. NET SHAPED MOLDED COMPOSITES CAN BE PRODUCED WITH FIBER VOLUME FRACTIONS OF FROM 35% TO 60% DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF FIBERS AND FIBER ARCHITECTURE SELECTED. PREFORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED WITH CERAMIC FIBERS AND WITH CARBON FIBERS FROM 230 TO 725 GPA MODULAS.
| Number of Pages : | 19 |
| Published : | 06/01/1993 |
