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Alexandru Isaincu et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 41 (2022) 646–655 Author name / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000 – 000

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Fig. 9. Fracture schematics for 0° and 90° orientations (a) and SEM photos of the fractured area at different orientations (b).

5. Conclusions The paper investigates the influence of the fiber orientation on fracture toughness of two polymeric materials reinforced with glass fibers. The ECT specimens were adopted and symmetrically loaded for mode I fracture