Rate-Dependent Behaviour of Composites (RDBC)

This site contains interactive versions of the scatter plots presented in the article titled “A review of the effect of loading rate on the mechanical properties of unidirectional carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites” , published in Composites: Part A, which can also be found in the RDBC GitHub repository along with the rdbc_data.csv file containing the full set of data collected from the literature.

The following figures are available:

• Matrix Properties
  • Figure 6: Matrix Stiffness
  • Figure 7: Matrix Strength
  • Figure 8: Matrix Fracture
• Fibre Properties
  • Figure 9: Fibre Stiffness
  • Figure 10: Fibre Strength
• CFRP Properties
  • CFRP Stiffness Properties
    • Figure 11: CFRP Transverse Stiffness
    • Figure 12: CFRP Longitudinal Stiffness
  • CFRP Strength Properties
    • Figure 14: CFRP IFF Strength
    • Figure 15: Hexcel 8552 Matrix vs CFRP IFF Strength
    • Figure 16: CFRP Fibre Tensile Strength
    • Figure 17: CFRP Fibre Compressive Strength
  • CFRP Fracture Properties
    • Figure 19: CFRP Mode I Delamination ERR
    • Figure 20: CFRP Mode II Delamination ERR
    • Figure 21: CFRP Fibre tensile & Compressive ERR