Mechanical behavior of biaxial non-crimp glass fiber reinforced polymer composite

This work investigates the ultimate tensile strength of the non-crimp glass fiber reinforced polymer composite. Two different angle-ply materials are used for this study. One is of biaxial glass cloth (EGlass) with +/- 45 degrees fiber orientation, and the other is of +/- 60 degrees fiber orientation. Laminates are made by the vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding method. Tensile and compression tests are conducted on these two materials. From the experimentation, the ultimate tensile strength of the composite is 176.82 MPa (+/- 45 degrees), which is 18% higher than other research works, which has been achieved with a reduction in the number of layers of the laminates prepared. The compression strength of the composite (+/- 45 degrees) is found to be 151.3 MPa. Also, the mechanical properties of both +/- 60 degrees and +/- 45 degrees fiber orientation with the same density are compared. The results show that the fiber with +/- 45 degrees orientation yielded more strength when compared to the +/- 60 degrees fiber orientation. (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the International Conference on Materials, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering for Sustainable Developments-2020.