Experimental and numerical investigation of low-velocity impact response of bouligand carbon/epoxy composites

Mazhar Peerzada, Sadaf Abbasi, Yasir Nawab, Hassan Iftekhar, Tristan Shelley, Noor Sanbhal, Hussein Kommur Dalfi, Nishar Hameed, Centre for Future Materials, University of Southern Queensland, Department of Textile Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Textile Composite Materials Research Group, National Textile University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wasit, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Product Design Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Published online on May 14, 2026

Abstract

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This study investigates the low-velocity impact behaviour of Bouligand polymer composites in comparison with conventional three-dimensional (3D) composite architectures. Bouligand, bias, and orthogonal preforms were fabricated using carbon fibre filaments ...