“…The elastic and strength properties, impact damage resistance, delamination toughness and other properties of stitched textile composites have been studied (Dransfield et al, 1994;Dransfield, Jain, & Mai, 1998a, 1998bHosur, Vaidya, Ulven, & Jeelani, 2004;Iwahori et al, 2007;Mouritz, 2003;Mouritz & Cox, 2000Sharma & Sankar, 1997;Tan, Watanabe, & Iwahori, 2010;Tong et al, 2002;Zhao, R€ odel, Herzberg, Gao, & Krzywinski, 2009). The elastic modulus and failure strength of textile composites can be improved or degraded by stitches, depending on changes to the microstructure caused by the stitching process.…”