Abstract
Glass mat reinforced reaction injection molded SRIM materials may meet the requirements of different engineering applications due to their well balanced property-profile. In the present project, fracture and related failure of continuous swirl glass fiber (GF) mat reinforced nylon block copolymer (NBC) were studied. Fracture was carried out both in static (tensile load) and dynamic conditions (impact bending mode) at different temperatures. Static fatigue and stress rupture tests were performed in air, water and 5% H sub 2 SO sub 4 solution at ambient temperature. The related failure was studied by microscopic and acoustic emission techniques.