ABSTRACT
Textile composites can be flexible or rigid. Examples of flexible textile composites are coated fabrics, automobile tires and conveyor belts. Main characteristics of rigid textile composites are high stiffness, high strength and low density. For continuous fiber composites, fiber material has a great effect on composite properties. The most commonly used fiber materials in textile reinforcement structures are fiberglass, carbon and aramid fibers which are high modulus materials. The reinforcement material and resin must be compatible for good penetration and bonding. Both thermoset and thermoplastic resins are used as matrices in textile structural composites. Classification of textile reinforcement structures can be done in several ways depending on the preform structure's parameters. The multilayer interlock braiding method, which is similar to two-step braiding, allows greater circumferential reinforcement. Two major steps in manufacturing of composites are wetting of textile reinforcement structure with resin and curing which is three-dimensional formation of a polymer network.
