ABSTRACT
This paper presents a methodology to measure the strength of monofilaments commonly used for fiber-reinforced composite materials. A so-called loop test is adopted for the present test. Because the loop test has some disadvantages to measure the strength of monofilaments, we combined it with the elástica by which combination the bending strength of monofilaments can be obtained. This method was applied to a carbon fiber. During these tests it has been made clear that this method can be used to evaluate the strength of monofilaments.
