Properties of 5-layer angle-interlock Kevlar-based composite structure manufactured from vacuum bagging

Abstract

The proposed research aims to manufacture, fabricate and evaluate the 5-layer ‘through-the-thickness’ angle-interlock composite structure from Kevlar. Results show that composites developed from angle-interlock fabric, exhibit different and far better tensile properties in the weft direction as compared to the warp direction. It is much harder to break the fibres in the weft direction than in the warp direction for this particular construction of Kevlar-based composite. This behaviour of composites can lead to better products while developing advanced textile-based composite structures.

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Through-the-thickness angle-interlock Kevlar composite textile-based composite

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