Yang HJ, Kim D, Kang KM, Yu WR. Manufacturing seamless three-dimensional woven preforms with complex shapes based on a new weaving technology.
Heliyon 2024;
10:e24121. [PMID:
38283242 PMCID:
PMC10818190 DOI:
10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24121]
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Abstract
A new weaving technology using a modified z-binder interlacement system was designed to demonstrate its potential for the effective, continuous, efficient, and rapid manufacturing of various three-dimensional (3D) woven structures. First, three representative 3D woven preforms were fabricated. Then, epoxy resin was transferred to a preform. The manufactured 3D woven textile-reinforced composites were investigated using micro-CT analysis, tensile tests, and bending tests to study the effect of the z-binder interlacing on the structure. Furthermore, a design rule was established that could seamlessly create complex 3D woven structures with non-uniform heights in the z-direction, such as boxes, bowls, and pyramids, demonstrating that the seamless 3D woven preform of the complex shape can be fabricated with structural integrity.
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