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JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL TEXTILES
Volume 51, Issue 3_SUPPL, Pages 4540S-4553SPublisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1528083721999865
Keywords
Stitching; high velocity impact; delamination; glass fibers
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The study found that a 45-degree stitching angle exhibited the best performance in resisting ballistic impact, with significantly higher energy absorption compared to other stitching angles. Stitching also helps reduce damage area in both front and back sides of the composites as well as inhibiting delamination.
The present research aimed to investigate the effect of stitching angle and stacking sequence of stitched layers on high velocity impact behavior of composites reinforced by glass woven fabrics. To study the effect of stitching angle on ballistic impact behavior, six different angles of (0 degrees), (90 degrees), (45 degrees), (0 degrees,90 degrees), (+/- 45 degrees) and (0 degrees,90 degrees,+/- 45 degrees) were chosen as stitching angles. These stitching angles were applied on eight layers of glass woven fabric. To study the effect of stacking sequence of stitched layers, a different number of layers were stitched together with the angle of 0 degrees. Unstitched and stitched composites were exposed to high velocity impact with 180 m/s using a spherical projectile. The residual velocity of projectile and dimensions of damage area on the composites' front and back sides were measured. It was found that the sample with the 45 degrees stitching angle had the best behavior against ballistic impact and its energy absorption was significantly higher than the other samples. Stitching also reduces damage area in front and back sides of the composites and inhibits delamination.
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