Experimental investigation of high strain-rate behaviour of fabric composites

Experimental observations confirm strain-rate-dependant behaviour of woven fabric composites; however, there is no consistent data available on characterization and modelling of this behaviour. This paper presents experimental results on rate-dependant damage behaviour of woven composites and using the same test setup, compares fabric composites with three different fibre architectures (i.e. plain weave, 2 × 2 twill weaves and 8-harness satin...