Mechanical Characterization Of Unidirectional Carbon And Glass/Epoxy Reinforced Composites For High Strength Applications

Fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites have been extensively employed in Military, Aerospace and Automobile industries due to their excellent mechanical properties such as high specific strength and stiffness. The study is made to investigate the effect of mechanical properties by using different reinforcement materials. In the present study Unidirectional T-300, T-700 12k Carbon fibers and E-Glass Tow Pregfibers withepoxy resin(HT Cure) are used to fabricate laminates by plate winding using filament winding technique. Laminates are cured in an oven. The prepared laminates were cut along fiber direction(0(0)) and transverse to it(90(0)). These laminates are tested for Tensile, Compressive, Flexural strength and Modulus and also Inter laminar shear strength (ILSS) according to ASTM standards. The test results compared and found that Carbon T-300 12k fiber reinforced composites shows superior properties than other two fiber reinforced composites. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.