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Multifunctional steel fibre reinforcement - Wolfsburg AG

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Tensile tests on composite: mechanical properties<br />

Result<br />

Elongation of <strong>steel</strong> reinforced thermoplastics much higher than others!<br />

High stiffness!<br />

Steel 30µ Vf 43% - HDPE<br />

Steel 14µ Vf 40% - PP<br />

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Glass Vf 41% - HDPE<br />

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Carbon Vf 39% - HDPE<br />

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Glass Vf 41% - HDPE<br />

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Elongation (%)<br />

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Glass Vf 41% - HDPE<br />

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Energy absorption<br />

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Carbon Vf 39% - HDPE<br />

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