Any stiffness advantage to laying twill layers at 45 degrees to each other?


Any stiffness advantage to laying twill layers at 45 degrees to each other?
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Steve Broad
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It says it all in the subject title really :-)
I am looking to use two layers of 200gm/m2 3K 2x2 Twill Prepreg Carbon on a project (trying to keep weight to a minimum).  Will aligning the layers at 45 degrees to each other increase the stiffness? 
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