STUDY OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MULTI DIRECTIONAL BRAIDED COMPOSITES

This paper presents a review on the studies of the effective elastic moduli of three dimensional braided composite materials. The relationship among macromechanical properties of multi directional composites, composing properties and mesobraided structures is investigated based on a material design point view, with macroscopic and mesoscopic aspects combined and material science and mechanics integrated. The nonlinear behavior of braided composites is also studied.