Design and Development of Multi-Layer Honeycomb-Filled Woven Fabric with Enhanced Impact Resistance

Abstract

This paper proposed a new structural design method for multi-layer honeycomb-filled woven fabrics, and the impact resistance of rope-like core supporting fabrics was studied on multi-layer honeycomb woven fabrics. The effects of the rope-like core filling yarn fineness, the rope-like core surface structure and the multi-layer fabric surface structure on the impact resistance of the filled fabric were analyzed. Nine samples were woven with different factors in accordance with the orthogonal test scheme. The effects of the above factors on the peak transmitted force of the filled fabric were discussed. The study demonstrates that all three factors are significant, and the primary order of influence with the optimal level in the parentheses is rope-like core filling yarn fineness (22. 22 tex) > multi-layer fabric surface structure ( interweave 2/2 ) > rope-like core surface structure (interweave 3/1).

Keywords

impact resistance / multi-layer woven fabric structure / honeycomb structure / energy absorption

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Funding

Shanghai Pujiang Talent Fund, China(22PJC003)