Dataset: Scatter of mechanical properties of 2D biaxial and triaxial braided reinforced composites and their correlation with visual features

The data represents tensile tests of 2D braided biaxial and triaxial composite laminates. Braids were produced on a Herzog radial braiding machine RF 1-176-100 with carbon fiber yarns (Toho Tenax F13 HTS40 12K 800 tex). Test laminates are infused with a VARI process with the 2-component epoxy resin system Hexion RIM235/RIMH237. The infusion is performed at vacuum pressure leves of 20-30 mbar and the resin is cured at room temperature for 24 hours at a pressure level of 250 mbar. A subsequent post-cure step maximizes matrix properties at 70°C for 10 hours. The braid setups have been chosen to achieve four different braids with a fiber angle of 45° on braid mandrels with a diameter of 120 mm, two biaxial ones and two triaxial ones. By using different sizes of braiding ring diameters and yarn forces, homogeneous and inhomogeneous fiber architectures are generated. Braiding setups 1 (biaxial) and 2 (triaxial) with 130 mm braiding ring diameter and 350 g yarn force result in braids with homogeneous fiber architecture. 3 (biaxial, 400 mm braiding ring, 600 g yarn force) and 4 (triaxial, 250 mm braiding ring, 600 g yarn force) in braids with inhomogeneous scattering of visual characteristics. Single layers are braided on mandrels with a length of 1500 mm and laminates with 6 layers of biaxial and 4 layers of triaxial braids are subsequently infused. Tensile tests are performed on a Schenck-Trebel RM250 universal testing machine according to AITM 1-0007. For each specimen, the individual fiber orientation in each layer is measured prior to infusion by image analysis performed on scans of the braided layers. The results show a strong dependence of the individual fiber orientation of single test specimens on their mechanical properties in case of the presented tensile tests