The effect of temperature and strain rate on the mechanical properties of highly oriented polypropylene tapes and all-polypropylene composites
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The creation of highly oriented, co-extruded polypropylene (PP) tapes allows the production of recyclable ‘‘all-polypropylene’’ (allPP) composites, with a large temperature processing window and a high volume fraction of highly oriented PP (>90%). The wholly thermoplastic nature of these ‘self-reinforced’ composites implies that the mechanical performance may vary with temperature. This paper describes the mechanical performance of all-PP composites by measuring the mechanical properties of highly oriented PP tapes and subsequent all-PP composites at a range of temperatures by static and dynamic testing methods. The time–temperature equivalence of all-PP composites is investigated by creating mastercurves of dynamic modulus and tensile strength. A comparison of the performance of these composites with commercial glass fibre reinforced polypropylene composites is included. 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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