Textile technology and resin transfer molding (RTM) process have been combined to manufacture composites coil springs. Preforms for coil springs were made by braiding process, in which axial yarns are located in the central region and braiding yarns covered them circumferentially. The geometric and process parameters that are related with the fiber orientation and fiber volume fraction of the b...

Title of Document: PROCESSING-STRUCTUREMICROSTRUCTUREPROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS IN POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES Arun Kumar Kota, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Directed By: Professor Hugh A. Bruck, Department of Mechanical Engineering The optimal development of polymer nanocomposites using carbon nanotube (CNTs) and carbon nanofiber (CNFs) fillers requires a complete understanding of processingstructure-prop...