Research Article

Effect of Fiber Waviness on Tensile Strength of a Flax-Sliver-Reinforced Composite Material

Table 2

Fiber orientation angles and mechanical properties of flax-sliver-reinforced green composites [10].

Production methodSpecimens Tensile strength and (standard deviation) (MPa) Young’s modulus (GPa) 
Sample number Fiber volume fractionSide A (lower angle)Side B (higher angle)
Avg. angle (°)S.D. of angles (°)Avg. angle (°)S.D. of angles (°) 

SLM0.720023840.5

DM<1>0.551.993.543.304.2813222.7
<2>0.552.625.224.194.0322426.7
<3>0.555.144.065.553.1815829.6
<4>0.553.053.228.764.1821127.6
<5>0.651.743.732.852.6615823.3
<6>0.652.102.623.073.4820326.4
<7>0.651.612.332.202.3215327.5
<8>0.652.083.473.762.9517028.0
<9>0.651.453.725.264.7717326.8
<10>0.650.763.504.553.9016828.8
Avg.0.612.353.504.353.60175 (28.81)26.8

The number of SLM specimens was seven. Avg.: Average, S.D.: Standard deviation.