An overall view on impact response of woven fabric composite plates

This paper presents an overall view on impact response of woven fabric composite plates made of E-glass as reinforcing material and epoxy resin as matrix material. A number of tests were performed under various incident impact energies ranging from approximately 4–45 J. Hence, it was possible to examine the damage process step by step from initiation of damage to final perforation. It is shown that the damage process of individual specimens can...