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Review

Review of Through-the-Thickness Reinforced z-Pinned Composites

by
Vassilis Kostopoulos
1,2,*,
Nikolaos Sarantinos
1 and
Stavros Tsantzalis
1
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras, Patras University Campus, 26504 Patras, Greece
2
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, 26504 Patras, Greece
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J. Compos. Sci. 2020, 4(1), 31; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs4010031
Submission received: 31 December 2019 / Revised: 16 March 2020 / Accepted: 17 March 2020 / Published: 20 March 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Journal of Composites Science in 2019)
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This work reviews the effects of z-Pins used in composite laminates as through-the-thickness reinforcement to increase the composite’s properties in the out-of-plane direction. The paper presents the manufacture and microstructure of this reinforcement type while also incorporating the impact of z-Pins on the mechanical properties of the composite. Mechanical properties include tensile, compression, flexure properties in static, dynamic and fatigue loads. Additionally, mode I and mode II properties in both static and fatigue loading are presented, as well as hygrothermal, impact and compression after impact properties.
Keywords: z-Pins; through-the-thickness reinforcement; three-dimensional reinforcement; polymer-matrix composite z-Pins; through-the-thickness reinforcement; three-dimensional reinforcement; polymer-matrix composite

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Kostopoulos, V.; Sarantinos, N.; Tsantzalis, S. Review of Through-the-Thickness Reinforced z-Pinned Composites. J. Compos. Sci. 2020, 4, 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs4010031

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Kostopoulos V, Sarantinos N, Tsantzalis S. Review of Through-the-Thickness Reinforced z-Pinned Composites. Journal of Composites Science. 2020; 4(1):31. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs4010031

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Kostopoulos, Vassilis, Nikolaos Sarantinos, and Stavros Tsantzalis. 2020. "Review of Through-the-Thickness Reinforced z-Pinned Composites" Journal of Composites Science 4, no. 1: 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs4010031

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Kostopoulos, V., Sarantinos, N., & Tsantzalis, S. (2020). Review of Through-the-Thickness Reinforced z-Pinned Composites. Journal of Composites Science, 4(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs4010031

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