Buckling resistance of cylinders made of textile composite material

Abstract

Composite materials were made by integration of two or more substances, one of them is a supported material like fabric, the other is a matrix material like resin. The outcome of the integration of the two substances produce new material has the attributes differ from the specifications of its constituent materials. This paper presents a comparative study of buckling resistance for cylinders made of a composite material once using a woven cloth as supporting material and the other using knitted cloth. Cylinders have been manufactured, one by woven fabric as supporting material and other by knitting fabric as supporting material, by test the cylinders under the buckling test, we found that the buckle for cylinder producing by knitting fabric is 20% higher than that produced of woven fabric. Comparing the scheme (force-displacement) of the test of two cylinder, it was found that the cylinder producing by knitting fabric has a rapid failure, while the other one has a more displacement.