@article{scholars16964,
          number = {2},
       publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media B.V.},
            note = {cited By 3},
           pages = {515--545},
          volume = {29},
         journal = {Applied Composite Materials},
             doi = {10.1007/s10443-021-09980-1},
            year = {2022},
           title = {Mechanical Properties and Failure Mechanisms of Novel Resin-infused Thermoplastic and Conventional Thermoset 3D Fabric Composites},
        keywords = {Compression testing; Elastic constants; Failure (mechanical); Mechanisms; Reinforcement; Resins; Tensile testing; Thermosets, 3-D fabrics; 3-dimensional reinforcement; Fabric composites; Fabric-reinforced composites; Failure mechanism; Mechanical failures; Micromechanics models; Shear tests; Thermoplastic resin (elium {\^A}(R)); Thermoset resin, Reinforced plastics},
             url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85117095795&doi=10.1007\%2fs10443-021-09980-1&partnerID=40&md5=27889ef81402f426f6461b2a1d79268d},
          author = {Shah, S. Z. H. and Megat-Yusoff, P. S. M. and Karuppanan, S. and Choudhry, R. S. and Ahmad, F. and Sajid, Z.},
            issn = {0929189X},
        abstract = {This paper presents an extensive comparison of the mechanical properties and failure mechanisms of a recently developed thermoplastic (Elium {\^A}(R)) 3D fabric-reinforced composite (3D-FRC) with the conventional thermoset (epoxy) 3D-FRC. Experiments involved tensile tests, compression tests, V-notch shear tests, and short beam shear tests for specimens produced through the vacuum-assisted resin infusion process in each case. These tests were used for the determination of in-plane elastic constants, failure strengths and for investigating the failure mechanisms. A micro-mechanical model validated against these experiments was used to predict the remaining orthotropic elastic constants.{\^A} This work enhances our understanding of the mechanics of infusible thermoplastic 3D-FRC as a new class of emerging materials and provides useful data which substantiates that this{\^A} unconventional thermoplastic resin is also easier to recycle, uses similar manufacturing processes and can{\^A} be a{\^A} suitable replacement for conventional thermoset resins. {\^A}{\copyright} 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.}
}