A variant of Filament Winding consisting of convolutedly winding a resin-impregnated tape onto a mandrel of the desired configuration. The process has been used for making large chemical- and heat-resistant, conical or hemispherical parts such as heat shields for atmospheric-reentry vehicles.
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Lap Winding. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_6783
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