Mechanical Performance of Polyethylene Terephthalate-Based Composites

3 Mechanical Performance of Polyethylene Terephthalate-Based Composites 

While self-reinforced polymer composites based on PE and PP have received most attention in recent years, there is also great scope for the use of PET in self-reinforced polymer composites, since many high performance PET fibres are commercially available. Although not comparable to commercial UHMWPE fibres in terms of mechanical properties, the mass productimi of PET fibres and 

Lead Polymer fibre Composite architecture Consolidation technique Fibre Longitudinal Longitudinal Transverse Transverse 

Lead author, year Polymer fibre (product)/matrix Composite architecture Consolidation technique Fibre fraction (%) Longitudinal modulus (GPa) Longitudinal strength (MPa) Transverse modulus (GPa) Transverse strength (MPa) 

Longitudinal and transverse properties are applicable to unidirectionally reinforced composites. Suffix (F) to modulus and strength values indicates that tests were reported to have been performed in flexure rather than tension 

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