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For example, while the fatigue life is insensitive to the presence of cork in the resin, significant improvements are achieved in terms of to low-velocity impact strength. However, in terms of ballistic domain, the literature does not yet report any study about the effect of incorporating powdered cork into resins. Therefore, this study intended to analyse the ballistic behaviour and damage tolerance of Kevlar\/epoxy reinforced composites with matrix filled by cork powder. For this purpose, high-velocity impacts were studied on plates of Kevlar bi-directional woven laminates with surfaces of 100 \u00d7 100 mm2. It was possible to conclude that the minimum velocity of perforation is 1.6% higher when the cork powder is added to the resin, but considering the dispersion, this small difference can be neglected. In terms of damage areas, they are slightly lower when cork dust is added, especially for velocities below the minimum perforation velocity. Finally, the residual bending strength shows that these composites are less sensitive to impact velocity than the samples with neat resin. In addition to these benefits, cork powder reduces the amount of resin in the composite, making it more environmentally friendly.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/app10176108","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,3]],"date-time":"2020-09-03T08:40:26Z","timestamp":1599122426000},"page":"6108","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["The High-Velocity Impact Behaviour of Kevlar Composite Laminates Filled with Cork Powder"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5237-0773","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ana Martins","family":"Amaro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CEMMPRE, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5203-3670","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paulo Nobre Balbis","family":"Reis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"C-MAST, Department of Electromechanical Engineering, University of Beira Interior, 6201-100 Covilh\u00e3, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8436-1668","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ines","family":"Iva\u00f1ez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis, University Carlos III of Madrid, 28911 Legan\u00e9s, Spain"}]},{"given":"Sonia","family":"S\u00e1nchez-Saez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis, University Carlos III of Madrid, 28911 Legan\u00e9s, Spain"}]},{"given":"Shirley Kalamis","family":"Garcia-Castillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis, University Carlos III of Madrid, 28911 Legan\u00e9s, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5065-4887","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Enrique","family":"Barbero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis, University Carlos III of Madrid, 28911 Legan\u00e9s, Spain"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"051012","DOI":"10.1115\/1.4030894","article-title":"The effect of fiber orientation on the formability and failure behavior of a woven self-reinforced composite","volume":"137","author":"Zanjani","year":"2015","journal-title":"J. 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