Fiber-Plastic Composite Calculations

• 500,000 PSI - tensile strength of carbon fiber [1]
• Carbon fiber and glass fiber have comparable tensile strength, but carbon fiber is stiffer while glass is more flexible.
• Glass fiber is much stronger than steel in tensile strength - [2]
• Conclusion - if continuous fiber rope is affordable - it is worthwhile to embed that in plastic for extremely high tensile strength. It is 28 cents per foot, so not affordable. [3]