strong, flexible material?
strong, flexible material?
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I'm looking for a non-metallic material that will deliver > 50% elongation at break and flex modulus > 800ksi. Is this possible to achieve with composites?
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RE: strong, flexible material?
Perhaps you could elaborate on your request, and maybe we can come up with something suitable. You can try your own search using the following link:
http://www.matweb.com/
RE: strong, flexible material?
What I'm looking for is a material that can be used for a rod with diameter of .014" and a length of 75" that will not behave like a wet noodle and that will not break easily when flexed.
Arne
RE: strong, flexible material?
Carbon fibre pultrusions down to 0.3mm (0.012") ar available from http://www.dpp.nu
RE: strong, flexible material?
RE: strong, flexible material?
Carbon and glass are too brittle to work as a continuous pultruded product. You might get there with some kind of discontinuous media.
as far as achieving a modulus of 800 ksi, I imagine that it won't be difficult. Kevlar has a Young's Modulus of 60 to 180 GPa, depending on type. Even a low fiber volume in a composite will give you the 800 ksi you seek.
I could really narrow the field for you if I knew more about the application....