Table 2.
Ultimate tensile strength: Comparison of the simulations and the theoretical investigations.
| No. fibre strands | Expected value (N mm−2) (i.e., mean value) | 5%-Fractile value (N mm−2) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| simulation | Gumbel distribution | Difference (%) | Simulation | Gumbel distribution | Difference (%) | |
| 5 | 1 435 | 1 434 | − 0.07 | 1 281 | 1 270 | − 0.87 |
| 10 | 1 404 | 1 383 | − 1.55 | 1 282 | 1 236 | − 3.71 |
| 25 | 1 367 | 1 325 | − 3.21 | 1 272 | 1 194 | − 6.57 |
| 50 | 1 339 | 1 286 | − 4.13 | 1 258 | 1 165 | − 7.96 |
| 75 | 1 323 | 1 265 | − 4.55 | 1 247 | 1 148 | − 8.63 |
| 100 | 1 311 | 1 250 | − 4.90 | 1 241 | 1 137 | − 9.10 |