Raul Fangueiro & Sohel Rana 
Braided Structures and Composites [PDF ebook] 
Production, Properties, Mechanics, and Technical Applications

Braiding is a very old textile manufacturing technology that traditionally has been used to produce items like ropes, shoe laces, and cables. Recently, braiding has gained attention in the medical, aerospace, transportation, and civil engineering communities, among others, due to its ability to produce structures that can fulfill the explicit deman