Effect Of Thickness on Flexural Properties of Carbon Fibre Reinforced / E-Poxy Composite Material by Experimental and FEA

This review aims to assist engineers in understanding and applying their knowledge in replacement of conventional materials. Many structures used in Automobile, Aerospace, Naval and other Transportation vehicle structural parts are subjected to various kinds of loads. These structures are further subjected to bending loads causing flexural stress in the structures. The structures subjected to bending loads are prone to various failures. Therefore the structural integrity of structures is a must to overcome bending. Structures subjected to pure bending load often experiences maximum flexural stress of the specimen either at the outer or the inner fiber leading to failure, the stress will be zero at the neutral axis or the middle axis. The present study aims at investigating the flexural parameters of carbon fiber reinforced E-poxy composites when subjected to static flexural loading using Flexural Test system. The flexural parameters are determined by conducting the three point bend test on composite specimen as per ASTM D790 standards. The composite laminate specimens are prepared using the hand lay-up method. Also these experiments will be used to show effect of thickness on flexural properties of carbon fiber reinforced polymer. This experimental result is validated by using FEA.