Experimental Studies on the Structure and Mechanical Properties of Multi-layer and Angle-interlock Woven Structures

3D woven structures provide attractive features for use as composite reinforcements, such as the ability to tailor their performance by altering their structural parameters. This paper reports on experimental studies on the structure and mechanical properties of two important types of 3D woven structure, the multi-layer structure and the angle-interlock structure, and it demonstrates some relations between the structural parameters and the mechanical properties.