The Role of Stacking Order on Mechanical Properties of Glass/Carbon Reinforced Epoxy Hybrid Composites Prepared by Resin Infusion Technique

The hybrid composites find various applications starting from the aircraft industry in various engineering fields such as marine industry and automobile industry because of their outstanding properties which cannot be achieved by the traditional materials. Fiber Reinforced Hybrid composites have significantly expanded their wide range of application in the aerospace industry in the present days because of their anticorrosive nature, less weight and less maintenance. The present work aims at developing of a special kind of hybrid composite made by reinforcing E-Glass and Carbon into Epoxy matrix. These new hybrid composite materials are fabricated by Resin Infusion Technique by keeping 0 degrees/90 degrees orientation of each layer of fibers and studied the effect of a different stacking sequence of each layer of glass and carbon on various mechanical properties. The ratio of fiber to the matrix is maintained at 60:40. The comparison of two different stacking is carried out. The results revealed that the laminate having carbon fiber on the extreme surfaces yields better flexural properties when compared to the laminate having carbon fiber on the extreme surfaces. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.