Strain-rate dependence of the tensile fracture behaviour of woven-cloth reinforced polyamide composites

Tensile testing of plain-weave-cloth-reinforced polyamide composites has been carried out at various strain rates ranging from 1×10−2 to 4×101 s−1 in a servohydraulic testing apparatus. Four different polyamide composites studied were composed of two kinds of reinforcements, carbon fibre (CF) and glass fibre (GF), and two kinds of matrices, polyamide-6 (PA6) and modified polyamide-6 (mPA6). The experimental results showed that the tensile...