Fracture and mechanical behavior of vacuum-assisted microwave cured unidirectional carbon woven fabric reinforced epoxy composite

Woven fabric reinforced epoxy composite shown inherent favorable characteristics for aerospace industry applications. This paper comprehensively investigated the mechanical and fracture behavior of unidirectional carbon woven fabric reinforced epoxy composite using experimental and computational techniques. The composites were fabricated with two, four, and six ply laminates with cross-ply and inclined ply (45/–45) orientations. Laminates were...