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Material Properties
various material properties for common composite constituent materials
| material/property | value |
|---|---|
| steel, tensile strength | 365 MPa |
| steel, tensile modulus | 207 GPa |
| steel, failure strain | 10 % |
| steel, density | 7.87 g/cm3 |
| steel, coefficient of thermal expansion | 11.7 * 10^-6 deg.C^-1 |
| Al alloy, coefficient of thermal expansion | 23 * 10^-6 deg.C^-1 |
| Al alloy, tensile strength | 310 MPa |
| Al alloy, tensile modulus | 69 GPa |
| Al alloy, failure strain | 10 % |
| Al, density | 2.7 g/cm3 |
| glass, tensile strength | 33 MPa |
| glass, tensile modulus | 50 GPa |
| glass, failure strain | 0.5 % |
| glass, density | 2.45 g/cm3 |
| glass, coefficient of thermal expansion | 8.5 * 10^-6 deg.C^-1 |
| E-glass fiber, tensile strength | 3450 MPa |
| E-glass fiber, tensile modulus | 72.4 GPa |
| E-glass fiber, failure strain | ~5 % |
| E-glass fiber, density | 2.45 g/cm3 |
| E-glass fiber, coefficient of thermal expansion | 5 * 10^-6 deg.C^-1 |
| carbon fiber, tensile strength | 3650 MPa |
| carbon fiber, tensile modulus | 230 GPa |
| carbon fiber, failure strain | 1 % |
| carbon fiber, density | 1.76 g/cm3 |
| carbon fiber, coefficient of thermal expansion (longitudinal) | -0.6 * 10^-6 deg.C^-1 |
| Kevlar fiber, tensile strength | 3620 MPa |
| Kevlar fiber, tensile modulus | 131 GPa |
| Kevlar fiber, failure strain | 3 % |
| Kevlar fiber, density | 1.45 g/cm3 |
| Kevlar fiber, coefficient of thermal expansion (longitudinal) | -2 * 10^-6 deg.C^-1 |
| single wall carbon nano tube, tensile strength | 75,000 MPa = 75 GPa |
| single wall carbon nano tube, tensile modulus | 1054 GPa ~ 1 TPa |
| single wall carbon nano tube, failure strain | 15 % |
| single wall carbon nano tube, density | 1.3 g/cm3 |
| single wall carbon nano tube, coefficient of thermal expansion | ~ -1 * 10^-6 deg.C^-1 |
| carbon fiber, coefficient of thermal expansion (radial) | 7-12 * 10^-6 deg.C^-1 |
| Kevlar fiber, coefficient of thermal expansion (radial) | 59 * 10^-6 deg.C^-1 |