The Effects of Fiber Orientation on the Failure Behavior and Natural Frequencies of Graphite Epoxy and E-Glass Epoxy Composite Laminates under Uniaxial Loads

Abstract:

Composites are materials designed to achieve superior mechanical or physical properties, and understanding both their failure and dynamic behavior is essential. Despite numerous past studies on understanding this behavior of composite materials, information on the interrelationship between these two aspects remains limited. The study aims to conduct a process innovation and provide detailed understanding of the effect of fiber orientation on the Graphite epoxy and E-glass epoxy composite laminates failure behavior and natural frequency and the relationship between the failure and dynamic behavior of these two materials. To achieve this, a process innovation of the simulation of failure analysis and vibration analysis of these composite laminates under uniaxial tensile loading was conducted on 8-ply composite laminates under a lamination scheme of (-θ/45/-45/θ/-θ/45/-45/θ), where θ from 0° to 90°. Finite element models for simulation were developed and validated to ensure the reliability and validity of findings in this study are trustworthy and useful. The results show that both failures loads, and natural frequencies are not much affected by the fiber orientation under this lamination scheme. These two behaviors are also identified to be closely related under specific modes of natural frequency. The detailed effects of failure and natural frequency under fiber orientation and its relation are successfully acknowledged. The findings are expected to support the optimization of laminate design and enhance the structural performance of composite materials in engineering applications and contribute to more informed material selection.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 392)
• Pages: 63-72
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-53r1nJ
• Online since: April 2026
• Authors: Mohamad Bin Mali*, Mohd Azhari Mohd Rodzi, Mochamad Arif Irfa'i, Nguyen Ho Quang, Jamaluddin Mahmud
• Keywords: Composite Laminates, Failure Behavior, Fiber Orientation, Finite Element Analysis, Natural Frequency, Process Innovation

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