A Probabilistic Model of the Unidirectional Tensile Strength of Fiber-Reinforced Polymers for Structural Design

Table 4

The 5^th percentile characteristic values.

Set no.	Sample size	Fiber type
			N	LN	W
1	7	Glass	0.926	0.928	0.893
2	5	Glass	0.926	0.928	0.908
3	6	Glass	0.913	0.914	0.906
4	13	Carbon	0.929	0.931	0.888
5	36	Carbon	0.935	0.937	0.908
6	29	Glass	0.907	0.909	0.884
7	25	Carbon	0.886	0.887	0.873
8	20	Carbon	0.904	0.905	0.896
9	36	Carbon	0.848	0.848	0.831
10	49	Glass	0.837	0.841	0.815
11	30	Carbon	0.912	0.913	0.890
12	31	Carbon	0.821	0.828	0.772
13	21	Carbon	0.834	0.839	0.807
14	48	Carbon	0.744	0.760	0.686
15	24	Carbon	0.855	0.859	0.838
16	30	Carbon	0.848	0.855	0.810
17	6	Carbon	0.922	0.923	0.907
18	7	Carbon	0.955	0.956	0.937
19	7	Carbon	0.938	0.939	0.914
20	7	Carbon	0.960	0.960	0.957
21	7	Carbon	0.907	0.909	0.882
22	7	Carbon	0.924	0.925	0.920
23	8	Glass	0.944	0.944	0.933
24	14	Glass	0.928	0.929	0.913
25	20	Carbon	0.891	0.890	0.878
26	20	Glass	0.937	0.938	0.926
27	19	Carbon	0.897	0.899	0.879
28	6	Glass	0.945	0.945	0.942
29	5	Glass	0.930	0.931	0.922
30	5	Glass	0.961	0.962	0.942
31	5	Glass	0.923	0.923	0.944
32	5	Glass	0.925	0.927	0.900
33	5	Glass	0.918	0.920	0.896
38	30	Glass	0.888	0.891	0.863
39	5	Glass	0.996	0.996	0.995
40	5	Glass	0.988	0.988	0.982
41	5	Glass	0.985	0.985	0.978
42	5	Glass	0.962	0.962	0.950
43	5	Glass	0.988	0.989	0.985
44	30	Carbon	0.930	0.931	0.921
45	20	Carbon	0.924	0.927	0.881
46	20	Carbon	0.925	0.926	0.916
47	7	Glass	0.962	0.962	0.943
48	60	Carbon	0.905	0.907	0.880
49	9	Glass	0.889	0.887	0.906
50	8	Glass	0.900	0.901	0.897
51	10	Glass	0.885	0.888	0.865
52	9	Glass	0.912	0.915	0.877
53	8	Glass	0.951	0.952	0.941
54	8	Glass	0.926	0.928	0.910
55	72	Carbon	0.706	0.742	0.635
56	58	Carbon	0.691	0.716	0.657
57	59	Carbon	0.848	0.853	0.823
58	67	Carbon	0.865	0.869	0.834
Average			0.905	0.908	0.886
c.o.v.			0.062	0.057	0.073