3-D textile reinforced composites for the transportation industry 65 Key Issues Textile Preforms .Weaving .Braiding -Knitting Stitching Characterization Analytical Simulation Cost Effective Manufacturing Design Data Acquisition Micromechanics (Unit-Cell) of Fracture Mechanics Macromechanics .Crash Behaviour Engineering Design Tool High Performance,Damage Tolerant -NDT Composite Structures Manufacturing Processes Hand-Lamination -Prepreg Technique -RTM Thermoplastic Pressing WV St:6Z 2.16 Research and development tasks for textile structural 2102 composites. a lot of work to do,starting with improving the productivity of the textile processes and optimizing the stiffness and strength of 3-D composites,and ending with fast impregnation processes and suitable simulation tools describing the mechanical behaviour.But there is no doubt that 3-D tex- tiles will be a key factor for future developments and for the successful application of composites in aerospace and ground transportation engineering. 2.7 References Composite materials in general M.Kramer and P.-J.Winkler,Moglichkeiten und Grenzen einer Synergie zum Leichtbau zwischen Automobil-und Luftfahrtindustrie,VDI-Berichte,1993. H.Kellerer,'Stand und Perspektiven moderner Verbundwerkstoffe',paper pre- sented at BMFT-Symposium'Materialforschung',Dresden,1991. H.Kellerer,J.Brandt,R.Meistring and R.Rauh,Limits to Today's Composites: Changes for Tomorrow's Developments.ECCM,Bordeaux,1989. F.J.Arendts and K.Drechsler,'Composites with knitted fibre reinforcement',paper presented at 3rd International Symposium on Advanced Composites,Patras, 1990.a lot of work to do, starting with improving the productivity of the textile processes and optimizing the stiffness and strength of 3-D composites, and ending with fast impregnation processes and suitable simulation tools describing the mechanical behaviour. But there is no doubt that 3-D tex￾tiles will be a key factor for future developments and for the successful application of composites in aerospace and ground transportation engineering. 2.7 References Composite materials in general M. Krämer and P.-J. Winkler, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer Synergie zum Leichtbau zwischen Automobil- und Luftfahrtindustrie, VDI-Berichte, 1993. H. Kellerer, ‘Stand und Perspektiven moderner Verbundwerkstoffe’, paper pre￾sented at BMFT-Symposium ‘Materialforschung’, Dresden, 1991. H. Kellerer, J. Brandt, R. Meistring and R. Rauh, Limits to Today’s Composites: Changes for Tomorrow’s Developments. ECCM, Bordeaux, 1989. F.J. Arendts and K. Drechsler, ‘Composites with knitted fibre reinforcement’, paper presented at 3rd International Symposium on Advanced Composites, Patras, 1990. 3-D textile reinforced composites for the transportation industry 65 2.16 Research and development tasks for textile structural composites. RIC2 7/10/99 7:26 PM Page 65 Copyrighted Material downloaded from Woodhead Publishing Online Delivered by http://woodhead.metapress.com Hong Kong Polytechnic University (714-57-975) Saturday, January 22, 2011 12:29:45 AM IP Address: 158.132.122.9