Stitched fabrics have been widely studied for potential application in aircraft structures since stitch yarns offer improvements in the out-of-plane mechanical properties and also can save time in the lay up process. The ...

Delamination or crack propagation between plies is a critical issue for structural composites. In viewing this issue and the large application of woven fabrics in structural applications, especially the ones that requires ...

A major difficulty to achieve maximum weight savings in the manufacture of composite structural components, is the tendency of these materials have the formation of voids and cracks in the interior and surface components. ...

Carbon fiber/epoxy matrix composites produced by resin transfer molding (RTM) were investigated in order to define the influence of interfacial adhesion on mechanical and thermal properties. The adhesion was studied through ...