Small hole drilling behaviour and damage optimization in additively manufactured Kevlar fiber reinforced polymer laminates

Suchismita Parida, Debadutta Mishra, Tarakeswar Barik, Debendra Nath Dash, Aravind Tripathy, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology , Indian School of Mines, Department of Production Engineering, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bhubaneswar Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SOA University

Journal of Composite Materials

Published online on April 18, 2026

Abstract

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This study investigates the small-hole drilling behaviour of additively manufactured hybrid Kevlar fiber reinforced polymer (KFRP) laminates, addressing the critical challenge of drilling-induced damage in advanced composite structures, and introduces an ...