Making Skew-Resistant Fabrics For Composite Layups

Abstract

Fabrics used in curved composite-material structures prevented from skewing during composite layup by weaving them in modified process in which warp and fill yarns bonded together at their points of contact. (Bonding concept may prove similarly beneficial for braided and knitted fabrics.) In modified weaving process, adhesives prevent excessive shifting of warp and fill yarns with respect to each other.