FABRICATION AND TENSILE PROPERTY ANALYSIS OF A COMPOSITE LAMINATE WITH DIFFERENT DIAMETER HOLES

M.Ravindra Gandhi, P.V.R.Girish Kumar, P.Ashok Reddy, B.Siva Prasad

Abstract: Composites play a vital role in aerospace, land transportation and consumer goods due to their high specific strength and stiffness leading to reduction in the mass of moving objects. Some of the important aerospace hardware such as rocket motor casing makes extensive use of carbon fiber reinforced polymer(CFRP). In this present investigation E-Glass epoxy laminates were used. The tensile properties for various Diameter holes were determined and compared with the actual strength of the material without any hole. Results indicate that because of the increase in diameter of the hole the tensile strength of the material is decreasing.

Keywords: CFRP, E-Glass, Epoxy, Tensile strength.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2015.0407047