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Material<br />

An Experimental and Analytical Study of Unidirectional Carbon Fiber… 145<br />

Figure 17. Engineering Stress-Strain curves of tensile test.<br />

Table 4. Tensile test data for carbon prepreg laminates<br />

Tensile<br />

Strength<br />

(GPa)<br />

Average<br />

Strength<br />

(GPa)<br />

Gain/Loss<br />

Strength<br />

(%)<br />

Tensile<br />

Modulus<br />

(GPa)<br />

Neat Sample 1 1.32 86.44<br />

Neat Sample 2 1.41 84.35<br />

Neat Sample 3 1.39 1.38 -- 85.03<br />

Neat Sample 4 1.42 88.57<br />

Neat Sample 5 1.34<br />

86.61<br />

1.5wt% Sample1 1.48 96.39<br />

1.5wt% Sample2 1.39 90.68<br />

1.5wt% Sample3 1.51 1.48 +7.25 93.13<br />

1.5wt% Sample4 1.49 97.90<br />

1.5wt% Sample5 1.55<br />

94.37<br />

Average<br />

Modulus<br />

(GPa)<br />

86.20 --<br />

Gain/Loss<br />

Modulus<br />

(%)<br />

94.49 +9.62<br />

Table 5. Standard deviation and Coefficient of variation of tensile test data<br />

Standard Deviation<br />

(±)<br />

Neat system Strength 0.04 2.86<br />

Neat system Modulus 1.49 1.69<br />

+1.5wt% Nano-phased system Strength 0.05 3.56<br />

+1.5wt% Nano-phased system Modulus 2.51 2.66<br />

Co-eff. of Variation<br />

(%)

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