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Previous work on the tensile impact strength of polymeric materials reinforced with carbon, glass or Kevlar fibres is briefly reviewed. In view of the excellent impact resistance of glass-reinforced polymers the possible use of glass-reinforced layers to improve the impact resistance of all-carbon reinforced composites is discussed. Hybrid specimens with different weight fractions of carbon to glass are prepared and their impact response at a tensile strain rate of ∼1000/s is compared with that for similar all-carbon and all-glass specimens. The effect of hybrid weight fraction on the tensile modulus, tensile strength, fracture strain and failure mode is determined.
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Saka, K., Harding, J. (1987). The Deformation and Fracture of Hybrid Reinforced Composites underTensile Impact. In: Kawata, K., Shioiri, J. (eds) Macro- and Micro-Mechanics of High Velocity Deformation and Fracture. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82767-9_8
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