Experimental Investigation of Static & Dynamic loading conditions for CLARE Composite Material

Abstract

In Aerospace and Automobile sector weight plays significant role. The reason behind this is efficient & effective working of aircraft and motor vehicles. It also needs the high strength to weight ratio. This requirement is fulfilled by the composite materials.In this research, CLARE is a hybrid composite consisting of thin aluminium, carbon fiber & epoxy layer is found to be alternate for GLARE materials consisting of thin aluminium, glass fiber, & epoxy layer, have been using over 36 years for wide range of advance aerospace structural applications but having comparatively more weight than CLARE. CLARE laminates offer a distinctive amalgamation of properties such as outstanding fatigue resistance, high specific static properties, exceptional impact resistance, high strength to weight ratio, corrosion resistance, Stiffness and ease of manufacture and repair. But the delaminating occurs in the sheets of aluminum in GLARE material is eliminate by CLARE materialSolicitation of CLARE materials for the skin or the outer parts here presented the need of CLARE materials in supportive structural members; the present work focuses on the fabrication various structural cross sections of Clare material. For fabrication purpose selected method is hand lay-up. Static & dynamic analysis of these Clare material cross sections was carried out; it follows a comparative study with the aluminium cross sections gives that the Clare has a better performance.