Characterization of discontinuous carbon fiber epoxy systems for aerospace applications: Part II

*† ‡ The elastic behavior and failure response of discontinuous carbon fiber/ epoxy laminates produced by compression molding of randomly-oriented preimpregnated unidirectional tape is characterized. Complex relationships between unnotched and notched tensile strengths are observed, and show this material to be particularly notch-insensitive. A parametric study on the effect of specimen thickness, width, diameter/ width ratio, and hole size yields fundamental information on the behavior of this material.