Composite materials have been increasingly used in the past two decades since they offer significant potential weight reduction, part design flexibility and improved specific mechanical performance compared to traditional ...

For low cost and high volume composite manufacture, Liquid Composite Moulding (LCM) techniques such as Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) are of increasing industrial interest. These techniques involve draping of fabric ...

To date, macroscopic analysis methods have been invariably used to analyse textile composite structures for forming and mechanical performance. Techniques such as geometric ‘mapping’ for the draping of textile fabrics ...