Brian N. Cox and Gerry Flanagan - Handbook of Analytical Methods for Textile Composites, NASA Contractor Report 4750, 1977

The purpose of this handbook is to introduce models and computer codes for predicting the properties of textile composites. The composites of primary interest are those best suited to applications in aircraft structures. This is first to say those ranked high in stiffness and strength; and many models are therefore discussed which detail the elastic regime and predict the proportional limit. But textile composites are also favoured for their superior damage tolerance. The handbook therefore includes several models for predicting the stress-strain response all the way to ultimate failure; methods for assessing work of fracture and notch sensitivity; and design rules for avoiding certain critical mechanisms of failure, such as delamination, by proper textile design.