Tensile and Compressive Deformation of a Short-Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Liquid Crystalline Polymer

Results of tensile and compression tests on a short-glass-fiber-reinforced thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer are presented. The effect of strain rate on the compression stress-strain characteristics has been investigated over a wide range of strain rates e between 10-4 and 350 s'l. The low-strain-rate tests were conducted using a screw-driven universal tensile tester, while the high-strain-rate tests were carried out using the split...