Test material: NCF composite laminates, 4 mm in thickness, made by the RIFT technology
Hexcel HexPly®M36 resin matrix and Tenax HTS 5632 12k carbon fibres
Polyester stitching yarn (50 dtex) was used for connection with stitch length 2.5 mm. The final fibre volume fraction was 62%
Stacking sequence for biaxial laminates: [(+45°/-45°), (0°/90°), (+45°/-45°), (0°/90°), (90°/0°), (+45°/-45°), (90°/0°), (+45°/-45°)]s
Stacking sequence for quadriaxial laminates: [+45°/0°/-45°/90°, +45°/0°/-45°/90°, 90°/-45°/0°/+45°,90°/-45°/0°/+45°]
In both cases, a final fiber aerial weight of 267 g/m2 per layer was obtained