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Characterising the shear–tension coupling and wrinkling behaviour of woven engineering fabrics

For around 20 years, engineers involved in manufacture with advanced composites have used the same two test methods to characterise the large strain shear resistance of engineering fabrics. This paper was partly funded by the RAEng (ref. 10177/181) and describes a new test technique, invented to characterize the coupling between shear resistance and in-plane tension of woven engineering fabrics. In recognition of this work, Harrison was named in a shortlist of ten notable international researchers/groups that have made 'considerable progress' in this field in a recent review paper in Composites Part A (doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.10.004).