Low Velocity Impact Resistance of Hybrid Woven Glass Fiber-Carbon Fiber/Vinyl Ester Composite Laminates

Abstract:

In recent years, for the purpose of achieving enhanced mechanical properties of fiber reinforced composites, hybridized composites containing a combination of two or more types of fiber reinforcements have been explored. Perhaps the main parameter which controls the mechanical properties of the hybrid composites is the flexibility to arrange the hybrid fiber reinforcement layers in a variety of ways within the hybrid laminate. In this study, low velocity drop weight impact resistance of plain weave woven glass and carbon hybrid composites has been investigated. The study explores the effects of intra-ply arrangement sequence on the impact resistance of 24 and 32 ply laminates in which glass and the carbon plies have been differently stacked. The results show that impact resistance of woven glass fiber composites can be enhanced by hybridizing woven glass fabrics with woven carbon fabrics. The results indicate that the impact resistance is a function of the positions of the glass and carbon layers in the hybridized inter ply laminates.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 488-489)
• Pages: 501-505
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.488-489.501
• Online since: March 2012
• Authors: Zafarullah Khan
• Keywords: Hybrid Composite, Low Velocity Impact Resistance, Woven Carbon Fiber-Glass Fiber

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