Characterization of unidirectional carbon fibre reinforced plastic laminates

The purpose of the present paper is to outline a set of recommended tests in order to characterize the behavior of carbon fibre reinforced plastic laminates. The tests outlined in this contribution are classification of visual defects, dimension and density, fibre and resin content, tensible strength, apparent interlaminar shear strength, in-plane shear modulus, dynamic torsion property, static bending property, dynamic bending property, and thermal expansion coefficient. As a selected example, results of two tensile tests on CFRP laminates are reported.