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Effect of hybridization on compressive properties of woven carbon, glass and kevlar hybrid composites
Norhafiza Muhammad1, Aidah Jumahat2, Nor Merlisa Ali3.
The growing use of high-performance materials, which are made of hybrid
composite systems, has increased rapidly in engineering applications.
Hybridization of woven carbon, glass and Kevlar fibre offers better
mechanical properties of composite materials. This is also an effective way to
reduce the cost of advanced composites. At the moment information on
compressive properties of hybrid composites is very limited. It is well known
that the compressive strength of composite materials is lower than the tensile
strength. Therefore, compressive strength becomes one of the most important
criteria in designing composite structures. Therefore, this research is aimed to
evaluate the compressive properties of hybrid composites and compare to
the properties of neat systems. Hybrid composite samples were fabricated
using a vacuum bagging system. The compressive properties of Kevlar hybrid
with carbon and glass composites were studied using an INSTRON 3382
universal machine with a constant crosshead speed of 1 mm/min. The
compressive properties were determined based on the stress-strain diagram. It
was observed that for hybrid composites, placing carbon woven cloth layers
in the exterior and Kevlar woven cloth in the interior showed higher
compressive strength than placing glass woven cloth layers in the exterior and
Kevlar woven cloth in the interior. The modes of failure of the hybrid
composite laminates were observed and evaluated using optical microscope
and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
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