Numerical simulation and experimental study of off-axis tensile performance of triaxial woven fabric reinforced rubber composites

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 ...

Modelling the Distortions of Skewed Woven Fabric Reinforced Composites

INTRODUCTION Woven textile structures are often used as reinforcements in composite materials. Their ease of handling, low fabrication cost, good stability, balanced properties, and excellent formability make the use of Woven Fabrics (WF) very attractive for structural applications in, for example, the automotive and aerospace industry. However, due to the process of draping the fibre orientati...

Meclzanical and Dielectrical Studies of Woven Sisal Fabric Reinforced Natural Rubber Textile Biocomposites

Textile biocomposites were prepared by reinforcing natural rubber with woven sisal fabric. Sisal fabric was subjected to various chemical modifications like mercerization, sitanation and heat treatment and its influence on the mechanical properties was analyzed. Tensile strength was seen to decrease with all chemical modifications except for composites prepared with heat-treated sisal fabric. E...

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

Thermomechanical Properties of Woven Fabric Composites

The in-plane thermo-elastic behaviour of woven fabric reinforced composites is analysed using a combination of published micromechanics and finite element techniques. The repetitive unit of an arbitrary woven fabric composite is divided into elements of which the thermo-elastic properties are determined using micromechanics. The properties of the repetitive unit are obtained using the finite el...