Benefits of crimped and prestressed CFRP’s over noncrimped fibres as reinforcement in machine elements

In this paper, a representative volume element consisted of a single wavy carbon fibre engulfed in a thermoplastic rectangular matrix is studied in order to examine the effect ofnon-crimped carbon fibre, and specifically its waviness, at the mechanical behavior. In order to quantify these influences and their nonlinear elastic behavior, a plane strain analysis of this model was simulated with finite elements.

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