Abstract
Wet-laid nonwovens are now increasingly used in various technical applications. Fibres of short cut length which are usually discarded as waste are now used to produce valuable products. In the present study, polypropylene (PP) fibrous nonwoven webs were prepared by using a wet laid technique. Carbon fibres used as filler were added to PP fibrous web in the proportion of 10% on the weight of the Web. The effect of stacking sequence of the wet-laid nonwovens during composite preparation on the flexural and impact properties of composite laminates was studied. The addition of carbon fibre fillers led to an improvement of 63% in flexural strength and 17% in impact strength compared to the pristine samples prepared with PP. The addition of carbon fibre fillers to the nonwovens has resulted in the increased realisation of flexural and impact strength of composites.
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