EFFECT of GLASS FIBER HYBRIDIZATION on LOW VELOCITY IMPACT BEHAVIORS of BASALT FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES LAMINATES

Year 2020, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 21 - 29, 30.06.2020

Özkan Özbek , Ömer Yavuz Bozkurt , Ahmet Erkliğ

Abstract

One of the major drawbacks of fiber reinforced composite laminates is the poor impact damage resistance. Several effective techniques to improve impact damage resistance have been proposed in the literature, among which, fiber hybridization technique has been taken considerable investigation. However, little attention has, as yet, been received for the improvement of impact behavior of basalt fiber reinforced composite laminates by fiber hybridization. The objective of this study is to assess the effect of glass fiber hybridization on Charpy impact behavior of basalt fiber reinforced composite laminates. For this purpose, a series of Charpy impact tests have been performed on composite laminates made of basalt and glass fiber reinforced epoxy resin matrix in five different stacking sequences. Hybrid composite laminates have been fabricated using vacuum assisted resin transfer molding method. The test results show that the absorbed impact energy and impact strength are significantly influenced by the hybridization.

Keywords

Basalt fiber, Glass fiber, Hybridization, Charpy, Impact energy

Thanks

I would like to express my deepest appreciation to organizing committee of TICMET19 in the selection of my study which was presented in the conference organized on 10-12 October, 2019 in Gaziantep University.

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