Impact Resistance of Self-Reinforced Polymer Composites

6 Impact Resistance of Self-Reinforced Polymer Composites 

Lead author, year Polymer fibre/matrix Composite architecture Consolidation technique Fibre fraction (%) Impact energy (J mm ) Striker diameter (mm) 

Although laminates are a convenient form in which the mechanical characteristics of a material can be assessed, few applications require composites in such a simple geometric form. Therefore, it is necessary that more complex geometries can be formed from self-reinforced polymer composites. The literature describing the forming of some self-reinforced polymer composites is reviewed in Sect. 4. 

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Table 9 Falling weight penetrative impact resistance of self-reinforced polymer composites, as described in the literature... 

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