North Carolina State University

3 Tex, Inc.

A Kadir Bilisik

Mansour H Mohamed

A three-dimensional multiaxial circular woven fabric of a generally cylindrical shape having a core defined therein about a central axis. A plurality of concentric axial yarn layers extend radially outwardly in spaced-apart relationship from the central axis, and each of the layers comprises a plurality of axial yarns extending parallel to the central axis of the fabric. A plurality of radially spaced-apart circumferential yarns extend outwardly from the central axis of the fabric and define a plane substantially perpendicular thereto, and each of a selected number of the plurality of circumferential yarns is woven between a corresponding plurality of next adjacent and successive concentric axial yarn layers. A plurality of radial yarns is provided in the fabric wherein each of a selected number of the radial yarns is woven between a corresponding plurality of next adjacent and successive axial yarns and each axial yarn layer of a plurality of concentric yarn layers. Thus, each pair of radial yarns contains a radially extending row of axial yarns therebetween that includes a single axial yarn from each of a plurality of next adjacent radially spaced-apart axial yarn layers.

Multiaxial three-dimensional (3-D) circular woven fabric

A multi-axial, three-dimensional fabric formed from five yarn systems. The yarn systems include warp yarn arranged in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the fabric and a first pair of bias yarn layer positioned on the front surface of the warp yarn and a second pair of bias yarn layer positioned on the back surface of the warp yarn. Vertical yarn is arranged in a thicknesswise direction of the fabric in a perpendicularly intersecting relationship to the warp yarns. Weft yarns are arranged in the widthwise direction of the fabric and in a perpendicularly intersecting relationship to the warp yarns so as to provide a multi-axial, three-dimensional fabric with enhanced resistance to in-plane shear.

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Raleigh, NC, United States of America

A Kadir Bilisik