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Experimental Investigation into the Mechanical Behavior of Textile Composites with Various Fiber Reinforcement Architectures

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The role of fiber reinforcement architecture in adjusting the mechanical properties of glass-fiber-reinforced epoxy composite materials is studied. Fibrous E-glass unidirectional (UD) and 3-dimensional (3D) samples with an identical fiber volume fraction were prepared. The UD composites displayed excellent properties along the fiber direction, but the 3D ones showed excellent properties in all three directions. The high delamination and impact resistances were additional advantages of 3D-reinforced composites to choose them as reliable materials for structural applications.

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The Authors are thankful to the Ministry of Textile for sponsoring the Focus Incubation center for 3D weaving and manufacture of structural composites.

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  1. Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 110016, India

    V. Khatkar, A. G. Sakthi Vijayalakshmi, S. Olhan & B. K. Behera

  2. Central Muga Eri Research & Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Jorhat, Assam, 785700, India

    R. N. Manjunath

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Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 545-560, May-June, 2020

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Khatkar, V., Vijayalakshmi, A.G.S., Manjunath, R.N. et al. Experimental Investigation into the Mechanical Behavior of Textile Composites with Various Fiber Reinforcement Architectures. Mech Compos Mater 56, 367–378 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-020-09888-0

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