Structural Integrity and Durability of Advanced Composites

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Anisotropic three-dimensional arrays of fibres

K.H.G. Ashbee     Shrewsbury, UK

Abstract

Laminates are prone to delamination and, to avoid all problems posed by delamination, several methods of three-dimensional fibre reinforcement are considered here. These range from how best to design fibre-reinforced deep sea submersibles using fibre and matrix materials that transmit sound waves, to three-dimensional rigid fibre reinfocement with cubic (but not isotropic) symmetry, to weakly and to strongly anisotropic three-dimensional weaves of flexible fibres.

Keywords

Bidimensional compression; Deep sea submersibles; Removal of finite-valued shear moduli; Specific fracture surface energies; Three-dimensional weaves

14.1. Introduction

14.1.1. Laminates and ...