Experimental study of tensile Strength of Glass-epoxy Composites at different Laminate Orientations

Abstract

One of the most important requirement from the materials is to provide more strength at the expense of less weight. E-glass fiber is the material which satisfy this requirement. E-glass fiber has various applications in fields such as aerospace, automobile, marine, p iping industries etc., that's make it is most versatile material of today's industries. In the present research work, attempt is made to fabricate the E-glass/epoxy composites at three different laminate orientations: 0º/0º/0º/0º/0º, 0º/45º/0º/-45º/0º and 0º/90º/0/90º/0º. Fabricated E-glass/epoxy composite specimens were tested for tensile strength, flexural strength and the experimental results had been validated through ANSYS software.