EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF EFFECT OF FIBER ORIENTATION ON THE FLEXURAL STRENGTH OF GLASS/EPOXY COMPOSITE MATERIAL

Sandeep M.B, D.Choudhary, Md. Nizamuddin Inamdar, Md. Qalequr Rahaman

Abstract: Polymer matrix composite materials are anisotropic in nature, the mechanical properties of these materials are different for different constituents and orientation of reinforcing material. In this paper, the effect of fiber orientation on the flexural strength for pure glass/epoxy composite material is presented. The experimental results showed the difference in flexural strength in bidirectional glass fibers at 0-900 and -45+450 orientation

Keywords: Composite materials, Flexural strength, Epoxy resin, Glass fibers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0309032