Influence of the Initial Fiber Orientation on the Weld Strength in Welding of Glass Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics

Table 2

Fiber orientation in parts to be joined by vibration welding.

Material and initial fiber orientation		3D fiber orientation tensor
		PP-GF30	Injection molded	0.17	0.14	0.69
Longitudinally oriented	0.24		0.52	0.25
Transversely oriented	0.24		0.32	0.45
PP-LGF30	Injection molded	0.19	0.17	0.64
	Longitudinally oriented	0.22	0.45	0.33
	Transversely oriented	0.23	0.3	0.47