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Fibre orientation or directionality
 

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One of the strengths of composite materials is their ability to be tailored by orientating the fibres to resist certain loads. There are several different methods for achieving this directionality including:

  Unidirectional laminates View Section
  Multi directional laminates View Section
  Woven composites View Section
  Stitching View Section
  Braiding View Section
  Random and short fibre composites View Section
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