journal article·2025-06

Compression Load Carrying Capacity of 3D Integrated Pyramidal Knitted Composites: Experimental and Numerical Approaches

Elahe Omrani, Hossein Hasani, Sayed Houssain Dibajian

Applied Composite Materials· Volume 32· Issue 3
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