A Review: 3D Composite Fabrics
The reason for the rapid growth in the use of composites and their popularity in engineering and materials science in the past three decades; It is that they offer an extremely attractive combination of rigidity, durability, and lightweight. The first generation of textile composite was two-dimensional laminates, and despite their good properties, they suffered from weakness in some properties, as well as high time-consuming processing of fabrics, waste of materials, and low diversity in design. The impetus behind the development of textile-based 3D composites was the need to reduce manufacturing cost and increase mechanical properties through thickness as well as improve stress tolerance. Reinforced textile compounds are used in technical applications. 3D textile structures are low in weight and have high mechanical performance.
As more technological development depends on progress in the field of materials, composite materials have become a new approach in the process of developing materials. The combination of two or more materials provides the acquisition of new materials with improved properties and wide development possibilities. Availability of a new material that meets the predetermined requirements of the application, in addition to other benefits such as design flexibility, predictability, improved properties and manufacturing processes.
The rapid growth of manufacturing industries has resulted in the need to improve materials in terms of strength, stiffness, density, and cost reduction. Composite materials have emerged as one of the materials that possess such an improvement in properties and whose capabilities serve a variety of applications.