Commercial self-reinforced composites: A comparative study

Self-reinforced composites (SRCs) offer a high toughness, low cost, good recyclability, formability, and potential for hybridisation. Because matrix fibres are of the same material, SRCs have perfectly compatible fibre-matrix bond. Several commercial available, but no direct comparison these materials can be found in literature. In this study, we therefore compared thermal, tensile, flexural impact four self-reinforced polypropylene (SRPP) (known under brand names Curv, PURE, Torodon Terralys) one polyethylene terephthalate material (SRPET from Comfil). PURE had highest tensile stiffness strength, resistance SRPET bending strength. However, none outperformed rest on all tested properties, implying that best composite depends targeted application. This paper used as tool initial screening given