Download or read book Mechanical Behavior of Carbon and Glass Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials Under Varying Loading Rates written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of composite materials reinforced by carbon and/or glass fibers composites is becoming critical for applications where the structures may be subjected to dynamic loading conditions. Therefore, it is important to investigate the effect of strain rate on the mechanical response of these lightweight composite materials when subjected to dynamic loading conditions. Experimental results revealed that these materials maintained their high strength properties even under high strain rates and could be the material of choice for lightweight structures that may be subjected to dynamic loading conditions. Furthermore, the high speed DIC system revealed local and global strain distributions within the woven composites highlighting their failure mechanisms.