Structural analysis of experimentally fabricated glass fiber reinforced (GFRP) composites

Abstract

Engineering materials play major role in the production system with wide applications since ancient periods till today. Engineering materials like metals, non-metals, ceramics, plastics and composites are selected based on their properties suitable in the field of applications. GFRP are compared to the fiber glass material, GFRP wide real time applications as in case of research laboratories,MRI units, manufacturing critical impact parts, home build equipments like interior works, high fatigue purposes and high compressive structural equipment designs. Composite materials have wide range of structural applications in engineering fields also. In this work, glass fiber reinforced composite material (GFRP) with different layers of laminates is prepared as per the required dimensions and experiments are conducted for structural analysis of GFRP composite material. The present research work the Mechanical structural analysis conducted. The experimental results also reveal that plays a significant role in the enhancement of mechanical properties such as tensile strength, failure strain, and hardness. Again the experimental properties obtained for GFRP material from statistical tests are compared with its theoretical properties. Also the properties of GFRP are compared with the other composite materials to have real time applications of fiber glass material. The experimental results indicated an outstanding improvement in the tensile, impact, and flexural properties of hybrid composite materials. The results showed Young’s modulus of 25.42 GPa, and maximum bending deflection attained at yield stress of 133 MPa with ultimate tensile stress of 533 MPa.