Large datasets of single carbon and glass fibre mechanical properties obtained with automated testing equipment

Francisco Mesquita; Steve Bucknell; Yann Leray; Stepan V Lomov; Yentl Swolfs

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2021.107085

Large datasets of single carbon and glass fibre mechanical properties obtained with automated testing equipment

Data Brief. 2021 May 1:36:107085. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107085. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Authors

Francisco Mesquita¹, Steve Bucknell², Yann Leray², Stepan V Lomov¹, Yentl Swolfs¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44 box 2450, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
² Dia-Stron Ltd., 9 Focus Way, Andover SP10 5NY, United Kingdom.

Abstract

This data article presents fibre mechanical properties acquired using automated single fibre tensile testing equipment. The raw data consists of the fibre diameter, gauge length and load-displacement diagrams. A total of 690 fibres were tested across four carbon and one glass fibre type. The largest dataset, for the T700S carbon fibre, consists of 217 data points. After performing a compliance calibration, the load-displacement diagrams are converted into stress-strain diagrams from which the tensile modulus and strength are extracted. The data presented in this article can be used as input data for models or for data processing during determination of other properties experimentally. The interpretation of the data can be found in [1]. The data is hosted in the Mendeley Data repository at [2].

Keywords: Elasticity; Fibres; Mechanical testing; Strength.