Composite materials are now used throughout the marine industry but their susceptibility to
impact events is still an unresolved problem. There is a huge body of work in the area …

In contrast to conventional preforming techniques, additive manufacturing features direct
and layer-by-layer fabrication, which provides viable new capabilities for the fabrication of …

This study developed a new method of enhancing the mechanical and electrical properties
of laminated composites by interleaving continuous carbon nanotube (CNT) film between …

A mechanics based multiscale computational model is presented to predict the deformation,
damage and failure response of hybrid 3D textile composites (H3DTCs) subjected to three …

The high strain-rate induced failure characteristics in a carbon/Kevlar hybrid composite
subjected to high strain-rate compressive loading were studied using a novel SHPB-AE …

The effects of braided architecture and co-braided hybrid structure on the tensile response of
carbon-aramid hybrid three-dimensional (3D) braided composites are investigated …

Characteristics of the failure progress in plain weave Kevlar composite under high-strain-
rate impact loading has been investigated by using an acoustic emission (AE) technique …

This paper presents an experimental study of the drop-weight impact response of interply
hybrid laminates manufactured using polymer-matrix composite materials. Three different …

Abstract 3D Woven composites provide the ability to handle higher damage tolerance
(Pankow et al., 2019). Hybridization of fibers is an additional method to provide improved …

This paper presents an experimental investigation of the deformation responses and failure
mechanisms of hybrid 3D textile composites (H3DTCs) subjected to quasi-static three-point …