Five specimens (250 mm long and 25 mm wide) were prepared for each type of composite for tensile testing. End tabs made of glass fibre reinforced cross-ply plates with a thickness of 1.60 mm were bonded to the specimen using Araldite 2011 A/B epoxy adhesive mixer. The individual samples were cut from the composite panel with a diamond cutting wheel. Tensile tests were carried out using a Testometric X350-20 (UK) tensile testing machine, which was equipped with a 20 kN load cell at a crosshead speed of 2 mm/min. The strain was measured using a mechanical extensometer with a nominal gauge length of 25 mm. A high-speed video camera (Sony HXR-NX 80) was used for in-situ observation during the test.