Materials for Turbine Power Blades, Reinforcements, and Resins - Hybrid Anisotropic Materials for Wind Power Turbine Blades - page 59

TABLE 3.2
Properties.of.Fibers.and.Composites

Tensile
Strength,
MPa

Volume
Fraction
V f

Composite
Stiffness,
GPA

Tensile
Strength,
MPa

Stiffness,
E f ,GPA

Density,
g/cm 3

Orientation
θ

Density
g/cm 3 FiberType

Glass-E 72 3500 2.54 0.5.

0.3

0°.
Random

38.
9.3

1800.
420

1.87.
1.60

Carbon 350 4000 1.77 0.5

0.3

0°.
Random

176.
37

2050
.470

1.49.
1.37

Aramid 120 3600 1.45 0.5.

0.3

0°.
Random

61.
14.1

1850.
430

1.33.
1.27

Polyethylene 117 2600 0.97 0.5.

0.3

0°.
Random

60.
13.8

1350.
330

1.09.
1.13

Cellulose 80 1000 1.50 0.5

0.3

0°.
Random

41.
10.1

550.
170

1.35.
1.29