Originally Posted by
Stray8
The seeming paradox about the Gates belt is that the Carbon Drive™ Technology is touted to offer high linear tensile strength and yet in most carbon fiber applications, the strength of the carbon fiber weave lies in a fixed epoxied form.
I think the strength has always been in the tensile strength not in any fixed form. Strength in any fixed form is due to the design taking into account the tensile strength.
From Wikipedia:
"The properties of carbon fiber such as high tensile strength, low weight, and low thermal expansion make it very popular in aerospace .."