Ajit Kelkar, Ph.D. - Nanomanufacturing Conference

INTERLAMINAR PROPERTIES• Delamination of composite laminates is critical because ofthe sub-surface nature of delamination.• Traditional methods such as Stitching, Z-pinning, whileimproving interlaminar properties in woven composites,lead to a reduction of the in-plane properties.• Other methods for delamination resistance leads toincrease in weight or are too costly and time consuming.• Clearly there is a need for an alternate method to improveinterlaminar properties of woven compositesWould Nanoengineered Materials help?