Commercial self-reinforced composites: A comparative study

Self-reinforced composites (SRCs) offer a high toughness, low cost, good recyclability, formability, and potential for hybridisation. Because matrix and fibres are of the same material, SRCs have a perfectly compatible fibre-matrix bond. Several commercial SRCs are available, but no direct comparison of these materials can be found in the literature. In this study, we therefore compared the thermal, tensile, flexural and impact of four...