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Table 3 Elastic properties of CF/epoxy laminated composite at 60% CF volume fraction

From: Comparative study of elastic properties and mode I fracture energy of carbon nanotube/epoxy and carbon fibre/epoxy laminated composites

Stacking sequence

Volume fraction of CF (%)

Young’s modulus (GPa)

Shear modulus (GPa)

Poison’s ratio

\(E_{x}\)

\(E_{y}\)

\(E_{z}\)

\(G_{xy}\)

\(G_{yz}\)

\(G_{xz}\)

\(\nu_{xy}\)

\(\nu_{yz}\)

\(\nu_{xz}\)

[0/0/0/0]

60

139.59

15.95

15.95

5.44

5.51

5.44

0.25

0.44

0.25

[0/90/0/90]

60

78.19

78.19

18.75

5.44

5.47

5.47

0.05

0.39

0.39

[0/30/–30/90]

60

73.78

45.43

18.67

39.06

5.48

5.46

0.38

0.33

0.24