TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effect of Fiber Stacking Sequence on Mechanical Property of Polymeric Composite through VARTIM Method and Metallographic Examination
AU  - Sahın, Yusuf
PY  - 2023
DA  - December
DO  - 10.55549/epstem.1412486
JF  - The Eurasia Proceedings of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
JO  - EPSTEM
PB  - ISRES Publishing
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2602-3199
SP  - 685
EP  - 692
VL  - 26
LA  - en
AB  - Because of higher specific modulus/strength, lower weight, good corrosion resistance with design flexibility and easy production, carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composites are widely used for many structural applications. Glass woven  (plain) and carbon fabric (plain) were studied. Thus, glass fabric-reinforced epoxy composites (GFRCs) and carbon fabric-reinforced composites (CFRCs) were fabricated throughVacuum Assisted Resin Transfer moulding (VARTM) methodology. Firstly, manufacturing unit/control system, preparation stages and some elements used in manufacturing the epoxy based composites are reviewed. Then, effects of stacking sequence of fibers on mechanical properties were investigated and a comparison was made on two types of fabrics on hardness/deformation depth through Stereo Microscope (SM). The experimental results exhibited that the hardnesses measured were around 40.6 HB and 52.4 HRB for GFRP and CFRP, respectively. Improvements in carbon fiber were about 29% in comparison to glass fiber. Further, both hybrid composites made from glass and carbon fiber, the hardnesses values were reduced. In case of C2/G2/C2 hybrid composites, reduction rate was about 9.3% in comparison to C6 fiber reinforced laminate composite. Moreover, it is clearly revealed that there were extensive deformation regions reflecting the white areas because top layer was in G2/C2/G2 samples, but there was no such a white area in C2/G2/C2 composite.
KW  - Carbon fiber
KW  - Epoxy
KW  - VARTM
KW  - Hardness
KW  - Deformation region
CR  - Agarwal, G., Patnaik, A.,& Sharma, R.K.(2014). Mechanical and thermo–mechanical properties of bi-directional and short carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composites. Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Taylor’s University, 9(5), 590-604.
CR  - Agrawal, S.A., & Bhattacharya, S.(2021). Mechanical performance of woven carbon reinforced epoxy composites with varied orientation angle. Journal of Metals Materials and Minerals., 31(1), 82-87.
CR  - Ary Subagia, I.D.G., Kim,Y., Tijing,L.D., Kim,C.S., & Shon, H. K.(2014). Effect of stacking sequence on the flexural properties of hybrid composites reinforced with carbon and basalt. Compos. Part B, 58(1), 251-258.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.55549/epstem.1412486
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/3631016
ER  -