Abstract
The influence of the matrix on the transverse tensile properties of unidirectional carbon fiber-reinforced composites is investigated, based on epoxy matrixes with various failure strains. Finite element micromech. analyses are used to compare the deformation of the matrix in fiber-reinforced plastics with the deformation in rubber-toughened plastics. The stress situation leads to a brittle behavior in the former and favors a high failure strain in the latter with ductile matrixes. It is expected that the combination of rubber coated fibers with a ductile matrix yields composites with high transverse failure strains
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ICCM-9 : Proceedings of the 9th international conference on composite materials : composites behaviour, vol. 5 |
| Editors | A. Miravete |
| Place of Publication | Zaragoza |
| Publisher | University of Zaragoza |
| Pages | 242-249 |
| ISBN (Print) | 1-85573-140-1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1993 |