A review of the effect of loading rate on the mechanical properties of unidirectional carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites

This dataset contains data collected from the literature on the rate dependent behaviour of CFRP polymer composites and their constituents, which has been used in the following publication: A review of the effect of loading rate on the mechanical properties of unidirectional carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites A comprehensive literature review on the rate dependency of unidirectional CFRP composites has been carried out.

Starting with the micro-scale constituents, literature data on the effect of loading rate on stiffness, strength, and fracture properties have been compared. While carbon fibres showed no significant rate effects, the rate dependency of the strength and stiffness properties was found consistent across various polymer matrix materials. In contrast, there was a general lack of consensus on the rate dependency of the matrix fracture properties.