Mechanical Properties of Welt Knitted Fabric Reinforced Composites

Analyzing the Tensile Behavior of Warp-Knitted Fabric-Reinforced Composites. Part II. Modeling the Tensile Modulus of Composite

Analyzing the Tensile Behavior of Warp-Knitted Fabric Reinforced Composites Part I: Modeling the Geometry of Reinforcement

Impact Damage in Woven Fabric Reinforced Composites

INTRODUCTION Very often, woven fabrics are used as the reinforcement in advanced composite materials. Although the resulting inplane stiffness is lower than of their unidirectional counterparts, the excellent drapability of these materials eases the production of more general doubly curved components. In addition, the inherently low out-of-plane strength of these layered materials improves due ...

Nanoscaled Mechanical Properties of Cement Composites Reinforced with Carbon Nanofibers

This paper reports the effects of carbon nanofibers (CNFs) on nanoscaled mechanical properties of cement composites. CNFs were added to cement composites at the filler loading of 0.2 wt % (by wt. of cement). Micrographs based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) show that CNFs are capable of forming strong interfacial bonding with cement matrices. Experimental results using nanoindentation rev...

Mechanical Properties of SiC Fiber- Reinforced Reaction-Bonded Si3N4 Composites