A theory was developed in Part I of this series to predict the mechanical properties of bicomponent fibers. In this paper, the predicted mechanical behavior is evaluated experimentally by using rubber models to simulate bicomponent fibers. Predicted values are shown to agree fairly well with the experimental results.
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