Helical textile with uniform thickness
A helical textile of uniform thickness having uniform radial weft fibers from a textile ID to a textile OD; and non-interlaced circumferential warp fiber bundles having equal width and height that increases from the textile ID to the textile OD, thereby forming a helical textile having a uniform thickness from textile ID to OD. Other embodiment includes non-interlaced circumferential warp fiber bundles having an equal cross section area, a height that increases from the textile ID to the textile OD, and a width that decreases from textile ID to textile OD. Yet another embodiment includes a helical textile of a uniform thickness having circumferential warp fibers; and more than one radial weft fiber bundles, each radial weft fiber bundle occupying a zone between two selected radial distances between the textile ID and OD, wherein the cross sectional areas of the radial weft fiber bundles increases from helical textile ID to OD.
1. A helical textile having a substantially uniform thickness comprising:
uniform radial weft fibers from a textile ID to a textile OD;
non-interlaced circumferential warp fiber bundles having an equal and constant width and having a height that increases from the textile ID to the textile OD; and
a plurality of knitted chain stitches at a plurality of warp and weft crossover points, thereby forming a helical textile having a substantially uniform thickness from textile ID to OD.
2. The helical textile of claim 1 , wherein the helical textile reinforces a composite structure.