Table 2.
Forces versus displacements of the fiberglass composite strips made by the E-glass (0°) and E-glass (−45°, 0°, 45°) with three different cutting directions (0°, 45°, 90°).
| Disp. (mm) | Test #1 (N) | Test #2 (N) | Test #3 (N) | Test #4 (N) | Test #5 (N) | Test #6 (N) | Test #7 (N) | Average (N) | Std (N) | |
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| E-glass (−45°, 0°, 45°)-0° | 5 | 6.39 | 6.47 | 5.67 | 6.42 | 6.37 | 6.43 | 6.20 | 6.28 | 0.28 |
| 7 | 9.04 | 8.92 | 7.90 | 8.86 | 8.80 | 9.10 | 8.65 | 8.75 | 0.41 | |
| 10 | 12.82 | 12.88 | 11.32 | 12.78 | 12.68 | 12.91 | 12.39 | 12.54 | 0.56 | |
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| E-glass (−45°, 0°, 45°)-45° | 5 | 4.23 | 4.61 | 3.67 | 3.84 | 3.92 | 4.10 | 4.07 | 4.06 | 0.30 |
| 7 | 6.01 | 6.39 | 5.19 | 5.42 | 5.63 | 5.73 | 5.78 | 5.74 | 0.39 | |
| 10 | 8.51 | 9.20 | 7.37 | 7.70 | 7.89 | 8.20 | 8.18 | 8.15 | 0.59 | |
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| E-glass (−45°, 0°, 45°)-90° | 5 | 3.07 | 3.20 | 2.38 | 2.69 | 2.57 | 2.71 | 2.74 | 2.76 | 0.28 |
| 7 | 4.40 | 4.38 | 3.59 | 3.78 | 3.65 | 3.75 | 3.91 | 3.92 | 0.34 | |
| 10 | 6.18 | 6.36 | 4.88 | 5.38 | 5.16 | 5.40 | 5.51 | 5.55 | 0.54 | |
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| E-glass (0°)-0° | 5 | 4.43 | 4.64 | 3.51 | 4.09 | 5.44 | 5.76 | 5.05 | 4.70 | 0.78 |
| 7 | 6.25 | 6.47 | 4.89 | 5.78 | 7.80 | 8.12 | 7.13 | 6.64 | 1.14 | |
| 10 | 8.88 | 9.27 | 7.02 | 8.21 | 10.96 | 11.55 | 10.13 | 9.43 | 1.58 | |
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| E-glass (0°)-45° | 5 | 1.56 | 1.59 | 1.12 | 4.09 | 1.37 | 1.37 | 1.32 | 1.77 | 1.03 |
| 7 | 2.23 | 2.26 | 1.60 | 5.78 | 1.95 | 1.99 | 1.91 | 2.53 | 1.45 | |
| 10 | 3.14 | 3.19 | 2.26 | 8.21 | 2.75 | 2.78 | 2.66 | 3.57 | 2.07 | |
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| E-glass (0°)-90° | 5 | 1.25 | 1.21 | 1.02 | 1.29 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 1.21 | 1.16 | 0.10 |
| 7 | 1.74 | 1.72 | 1.47 | 1.85 | 1.67 | 1.50 | 1.67 | 1.66 | 0.13 | |
| 10 | 2.50 | 2.44 | 2.07 | 2.60 | 2.23 | 2.15 | 2.41 | 2.34 | 0.20 | |