Effect of Fibre Orientation on the Tensile and Flexural Properties of Glass Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Angle-Ply Laminated Composites
Lokasani Bhanuprakash1, Muhammed Anaz Khan2, Sunnam Nagaraju3, A Ravindra4
1Lokasani Bhanuprakash*, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MLRIT, Hyderabad, India.
2Muhammed Anaz Khan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MLRIT, Hyderabad, India.
3Sunnam Nagaraju, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MLRIT, Hyderabad, India.
4A Ravindra, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India.
Manuscript received on July 13, 2020. | Revised Manuscript received on July 20, 2020. | Manuscript published on August 10, 2020. | PP: 101-105 | Volume-9 Issue-10, August 2020 | Retrieval Number: 100.1/ijitee.C8415019320 | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.C8415.0891020
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Abstract: The present work is aimed at studying glass fibre reinforced epoxy angle-ply laminated composites under in-plane and out-of-plane loads. Three symmetric laminates were fabricated at different combination of fibre ply orientations through a simple hand layup technique. The prepared laminates were characterized for tensile and flexural strength measurements according to the ASTM standards D3039 and D7264, respectively. Symmetric laminates consisting of fibre plies orienting in the direction of applied load have demonstrated greater resistance against tensile loads, whereas laminate system consisting of adjacent plies oriented in different angles promoted binding strength of the matrix which in turn resulted in enhanced flexural strength values.
Keywords: Angle-ply composites, Fibre orientation, Tensile properties, Flexural properties, GFRP composites.
Scope of the Article: Textile Engineering