Mechanical properties of a novel Tri-directional carbon-flax-aramid fiber reinforced composite

A novel Tri-directional Carbon-Flax-Aramid fiber reinforced composite (3D-CFAFRP) was proposed, manufactured and tested in this study, which was designed based on the idea of better tailoring the strength, stiffness, toughness and weight requirements, adopting three different types of fibers to reinforce the matrix along three orthogonal directions. The in-plane and interlaminar mechanical properties of 3D-CFAFRP composites were studied...