Tensile and creep properties of ultra high molecular weight PE fibres
Résumé
In order to design multimaterial structures made of ultra high molecular weight PE fibres, their main mechanical properties were characterised from tensile and creep tests performed on single filaments or bundles, with various conditions of temperature and loading speed. After having described the experimental procedures, comparisons and deviations between the reported measures and data given by the manufacturer or published elsewhere, have led to interpretations and modelling...