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Fibre reinforced plastics, with 50 to 55 vol % of aligned short carbon fibres of approximately 3 mm in length, have good mechanical properties and advantages in deformability during the manufacturing process of structural components. The mechanical properties and damage mechanisms of this kind of composite have not been investigated deeply in the past. In the present paper results of an examination programme on laminates with various stacking sequences and two thermoplastic matrix systems (polyimide and polyethersulphone) are given. It will be shown that composites reinforced with aligned discontinuous carbon fibres can be an alternative material to continuous-fibre reinforced composites when considering their static and fatigue properties.
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Friedrich, K., Schulte, K., Horstenkamp, G. et al. Fatigue behaviour of aligned short carbon-fibre reinforced polyimide and polyethersulphone composites. J Mater Sci 20, 3353–3364 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00545205
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