Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Laminates Research Articles

Effect of strain rate on glass fiber reinforced polymer composite using split hopkinson pressure bar

The aim of this study is to examine the stress–strain behavior of Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composite with three different orientations, namely [0°/90°]s, [±45]s, [0°/+45°/−45°/90°]T. To achieve this, the GFRP was simulated using the Split Hopkinson Bar (SHPB) setup in ABAQUS/CAE. The striker bar was used at three different velocities (9.7 m s−1, 12.7 m s−1, and 14.3 m s−1) to produce strain rates ranging from 1000 s−1 to 2000 s−1. The dynamic response of the GFRP composite was studied by considering its stress–strain behavior. The effect of strain rate on the elastic modulus and energy absorption capacity of GFRP laminates was analyzed through complete stress versus strain curves. The results showed that the elastic modulus and energy absorption capacity of GFRP laminates were sensitive to strain rates, with an increase in strain rate leading to an increase in the elastic modulus and energy absorption capacity.

Monitoring of Allowable Bending Stress Overload in Glass‐Fiber‐Reinforced Polymer Composites Using Magnetostrictive Fe–Co Fibers

For the safe operation of glass‐fiber‐reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates, evaluating the applied stress and the health of composite structures is crucial. Magnetostrictive materials are functional materials that can be applied to structural health monitoring as sensor materials. Herein, a method for detecting whether the maximum stress of GFRP laminates under bending exceeds the allowable stress using magnetostrictive fibers is proposed. First, magnetostrictive Fe–Co alloy fibers are embedded in GFRP laminates. Then, four‐point bending tests are conducted. Magnetomechanical coupled modeling based on the composite beam theory is then applied to the experimental results. The effects of the position of Fe–Co fibers on the magnetostrictive behavior and mechanical properties of the prepared composites are evaluated. A concept for monitoring the relationship between the maximum bending stress and the allowable stress of the composite materials is proposed.

Comparative study of carbon and glass fiber reinforced polymer composites for the confinement of concrete columns

This study deals with the comparison of unconfined concrete specimens with carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) confined concrete specimens using epoxy as matrix. Initially, CFRP, GFRP and epoxy laminates were prepared for the analysis of various mechanical properties like tensile strength, flexural strength and fracture toughness. From the test results, CFRP and GFRP laminates exhibit better properties than neat epoxy laminate. Axial compressive strength, energy absorption characteristics, failure modes of the confined specimens are analyzed. Comparing with unconfined specimens, it is noticed that the axial load carrying capacity of GFRP confined specimens increased by 23%. While the CFRP confined specimen is compared, a considerable enhancement of 57% was noticed with a confinement effectiveness of 1.57. It is observed that confinement by the FRPs can also increase the fracture energy and ductility index significantly, which can avert the catastrophic failure of the structures.

Investigating the role of synthesized reduced graphene oxide and graphite micro-fillers on mechanical and fretting wear performance of glass fiber epoxy-based composite

In the current study, graphite was exfoliated using a Hummer’s technique to produce graphene oxide (GO), which was then reduced with hydrazine hydrate (a reducing agent) to produce reduced graphene oxide (rGO) with high purity. The XRD, FT-IR, SEM, and TGA analysis confirmed the synthesis of rGO by stating its crystal phase, chemical functional group, morphology, and thermal stability. The objective of this study is twofold: firstly, to synthesize the reduced graphene oxide (rGO) cost-effectively, and secondly, to explore its potential as an additional filler in Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composites. Aiming to enhance their overall performance. The GFRP laminate composite was fabricated through the hand layup technique by varying the concentration of Gr (i.e., 0.5 wt% & 1 wt%) and rGO (i.e., 0.5 wt% & 1 wt%). The morphological study of the fracture surface revealed a proper dispersion of filler obtained at 0.5 wt% and by increasing the concentration to 1 wt% it reveals a clustering of fillers and formation of micro-voids. The result revealed that maximum improvement has been observed in the GFRP composite having 0.5 wt% rGO composite than neat GFRP composite. Incorporation of rGO micro-filler in GFRP laminate composite significantly improved the tensile strength, flexural strength, and in their modulus by 59.56%, 18.21%, 24.45%, and 22.75% respectively compared to neat GFRP laminate composite. In the case of 0.5 wt% graphite filler demonstrates an enhancement in tensile strength, flexural strength, and their modulus by 37.98%, ∼8%, 6.64%, and ∼5% respectively. In fretting wear test reveals that 1 wt% of graphite filler has better wear resistance than all other composites. The worn morphology revealed adhesive and abrasive wear as the predominant wear mechanism. The incorporation of rGO filler in GFRP makes it a promising material for industrial applications that demand high strength and superior wear resistance.

Towards safe shearography inspection of thick composites with controlled surface temperature heating

Thick glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites, e.g. thickness of more than 50 mm, are increasingly used in a wide variety of industries, particularly in the marine and wind energy sectors. Defect detection and characterisation in these composites remain appealing challenges due to the material complexity and the presence of various manufacturing and in-service defects. In this study, we propose a novel shearography method with controlled surface temperature (CST) heating for deep defect detection (i.e., 15 mm depth and more) in thick GFRP laminates. The proposed CST heating has been developed based on analytical solutions to control the maximum surface temperature of a test object during shearography inspection. Numerical and experimental studies have been performed to analyse the defect behaviour and defect detection under various heating scenarios, a topic which is rarely reported for thick composites with shearography. Compared with conventional shearography, the CST shearography method maximises heating energy input with a controlled and stable maximum surface temperature for deep defect detection. Results indicate an enhancement of about 27% in defect signal for the defect at 15 mm depth in comparison to conventional heating. The results also provide insight for implementing an efficient inspection in terms of the inspection duration and the number of datasets. This study makes a step towards safe, quantitative and predictable inspection of deep defects in thick composites.

Cyclic aging analysis of CFRP and GFRP composite laminates

When a composite laminate is subjected to humidity, moisture diffusion occurs depending on the number and thickness of the lamina. Water diffusion changes the mechanical response of laminates and usually causes a significant reduction of the mechanical properties of the composite specimens in ocean structures. One of the most important mechanical properties of laminates is flexural stiffness which should be considered in the design procedure. Despite the extensive research on single cycle aging of composites, cyclic aging of these materials is less explored. The aim of the current research is to investigate the variation of mechanical properties of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites as a substrate in adhesive joints with the same initial flexural stiffness values subjected to cyclic wet/dry aging conditions for long-term structural applications. The matrix used in the CFRP and GFRP composites are based on epoxy and vinyl ester, respectively. Both unaged and cyclically aged samples were characterized by tensile and three-point bending tests. In order to simulate the moisture absorption condition of composites in adhesive joints, one side of the composite laminates was sealed with aluminum foils and three sides were exposed to humidity. The interaction between the composite thickness and the number of aging cycles was also investigated. The experimental results show that in cyclic aging condition, the reduction of flexural stiffness in CFRP is more than GFRP laminates and GFRP laminates is more suitable for ocean applications.

Wavelet packet energy-based damage detection using guided ultrasonic waves and support vector machine

Substantial work has shown that the modulation of structural damage on probing guided ultrasonic waves can result in wave components corresponding to different frequencies, causing wave energy transfer from central frequency to other frequency bands. To make use of the damage-induced wave energy transfer in different frequency bands, a data-driven method which combines wavelet packet decomposition (WPD), principal component analysis (PCA) and support vector machine (SVM), is proposed in this study for structural damage identification in both metallic and composite materials. Firstly, WPD is employed to decompose the original signal into different frequency bands, based on which the wave energy at each frequency band can be determined. A wave energy distribution vector is constructed according to the energy proportion of each frequency band. Then, PCA is recalled conducting dimensionality reduction for the energy distribution vectors, in order to improve the computational efficiency for subsequent SVM classification. The compressed energy distribution vectors are used as the input to train an SVM-based classifier for identifying structural damage. To validate the proposed WPD-PCA-SVM method, experiments are performed on both aluminum plate and glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminate. According to the experimental results, the embryonic fatigue crack in the (aluminum) plate and the anomaly in the GFRP laminate can be identified by the proposed method, with a detection accuracy of 92.86% for aluminum plate and 95.45% for GFRP laminate, respectively, demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed method for damage detection in both metallic and composite materials.

Effect of stress level on creep-fatigue interaction of woven angle ply GFRP laminates

In this study, effect of stress level on creep-fatigue interaction of woven angle ply glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) has been studied. The rectangular test specimens were manufactured using bidirectional woven ply (45˚/-45˚) E-glass fiber of eight layers with 300 GSM and layer thickness to be 0.25 mm used as fibre reinforcement and LY556 epoxy Araldite based on Bisphenol A and HY951 hardener mixed as matrix material in the ratio of 10:1. Rectangular specimens were made from the prepared laminates and tested under tensile cyclic loading of constant amplitude at stress ratio 0.1 for three stress levels 80%, 70% and 60% of ultimate tensile strength (UTS) as per ASTM standard D3479. The results showed that cyclic creep strain depends on the stress level and rapid increase in strain happens after 75% of lifecycle at all stress level.

Transverse fatigue behavior analysis of symmetric and asymmetric glass fiber‐reinforced laminates

AbstractThis study examined the effect of interchanging the position of (0°/90°) and (±45°) angle ply around the midplane of an eight‐layer symmetric [(0°/90°)/(±45°)2/(0°/90°)]s and asymmetric woven glass fiber reinforced composite laminate having [(0°/90°)/(±45°)2/(0°/90°)//(±45°)/(0°/90°)2/(±45°)] and (±45°)/(0°/90°)2/(±45°)//(0°/90°)/(±45°)2/(0°/90°) stacking sequence by means of flexure and fatigue test. The flexural and fatigue behavior of glass fiber–reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates was analyzed as well. The GFRP laminates in varying stacking sequence having a volume fraction of 55 ± 0.9% were subjected to fatigue and damage analysis under stress levels ranging from 90% to 50% of their ultimate flexural strength at f = 1 Hz, R = 0.1. Flexure and fatigue testing was done in accordance with ASTM D790/D790‐17. The experiment results showed that the symmetric laminate with (0°/90°) ply at the compression and tension sides exhibited greater flexural strength (458.09 MPa) and fatigue lives as compared to the asymmetric A (352.70 MPa) and asymmetric B (272.89 MPa) laminates with (0°/90°) and (±45°) ply at the compression sides respectively. Microscopy and transmission light photography techniques were used to detect the damage behavior and capture the debond zone images. The correlation between the load‐deflection curve, Wohler‐curve, hysteresis loops, dynamic stiffness and debond zones was also examined with regard to different stacked laminates.

Axial compressive behavior of GFRP-timber-reinforced concrete composite columns

This paper investigated the compressive behavior of a novel glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP)-timber-reinforced concrete composite column (GTRC column), which consisted of reinforced concrete with an outer GFRP laminate and a paulownia timber core. The axial compression tests were performed on 13 specimens to validate the effects of various timber core diameters, slenderness ratios, and GFRP laminate layers/angles on the mechanical behaviors. Test results indicated that with the increase in the timber core diameter, the ductility and energy dissipation ability of the composite column increased by 52.6% and 21.6%, respectively, whereas the ultimate load-bearing capacity and initial stiffness showed a slight decrease. In addition, the GFRP laminate considerably improved the ultimate load-bearing capacity, stiffness, ductility and energy dissipation capability by 212.1%, 26.6%, 64.3% and 3820%, accordingly. Moreover, considering the influence of timber core diameter, an ultimate load-bearing capacity adjustment coefficient was proposed. Finally, a formula was established based on the force equilibrium and superposition for predicting the axial bearing capacity of the GTRC columns.

Effect of MWCNTs on mechanical properties of woven cross ply GFRP laminates

The impact of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on the structural integrity of woven cross ply glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) has been examined in this study. Eight-ply laminates of fiber orientation (0˚/90˚) with neat epoxy GFRP, 0.5 wt% and 1.0 wt% MWCNTs modified GFRP were manufactures by using vacuum supported hand layup technique. According to ASTM standards, rectangular samples were cut from the prepared composite laminates for mechanical testing such as three-point bending test, tensile test, interlaminar shear strength test, in-plane shear and compression test. Addition of 0.5 wt% and 1.0 wt% of MWCNTs in cross ply GFRP laminates enhanced the ultimate tensile stress, compressive stress, bending stress, interlaminar shear stress and in-plane shear stress.

Flexural behavior of strengthened concrete beams with multiple retrofitting systems

Due to material deterioration, structure age, changes in building function, fault design, and decreased structural reliability brought on by natural catastrophes, it may require to strengthening the reinforced concrete (RC) beams. The entire carbon footprint is increased by the usage of building materials like cement. Therefore, restoring/improving their overall functionality may be accomplished more sustainably by strengthening and repairing damaged members. In this study, a series of RC beams were tested in three-point bending to determine the ability of various strengthening techniques to improve the beams' flexural capacity. Three strengthening techniques were proposed: External bonding with glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates, near-surface mounted (NSM), and U-jacket. The experimental study compared the various strengthening methods in terms of ultimate loads, crack loads, maximum deflections, gains in ductility, and energy absorption. The finite element program (ABAQUS) was used for the numerical computations because it is capable of properly simulating experimental research on the flexural behaviour of reinforced concrete beams. Compared to all techniques, the strengthening using GFRP in the different techniques (GFRP laminate, NSM, and U-jacket) propagation of cracks before failure occurred in the RC beam. The sample B3-St. plate-NSM, which used the NSM technique, had the highest peak load of 77.2 MPa compared to all samples and a 36.64% increase over the control sample B0-Control. Moreover, the sample B3-St. Plate-NSM has improved stiffness which contributed to reducing the deflection at peak load by 21.12% than the control sample. The strengthening system using steel plate as NSM showed the lowest cost ($/m`) among the other strengthening systems. The specimen B1-GFRP, which used the GFRP technique, had the highest toughness of 1099.2 kN.mm by an increase of 40.25% over the control sample. Finally, the results obtained by using numerical FE models show good agreement with the experimental results.

Investigation of quasi-static indentation on sandwich structure with GFRP face sheets and PLA bio-inspired core: Numerical and experimental study

Composite materials incorporated in naval, aerospace, and automobile structures are exposed to unforeseen damages, which seriously damage their mechanical performance. In particular, the existence of hardly visual impairment on the in-service composite structures is a critical issue that highlights the severity of structural safety in an aircraft. The ability of these materials to sustain multiple impacts requires an understanding of the impact energy absorption to improve the material’s damage tolerance. The present study investigates the energy absorption, load response, failure modes, and damage mechanics under the quasi-static indentation of a sandwich structure. The structure comprises bio-inspired Poly-lactic Acid (PLA) core and Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) laminates, used in real naval and aeronautical structures, under repeated low-velocity impact with reduced energies and quasi-static indentation. In addition, a lightweight sandwich structure’s damage performance is greatly influenced by its core geometry. Therefore, choosing an appropriate core structure is critical. A Numerical model is developed for the composite structure under quasi-static indentation loads, considering suitable material properties and damage models for the core and face sheets. These results are then compared with the experimental investigation. The load–displacement response and the energy absorption characteristics of the sandwich structure showed good agreement for the experimental and numerical analysis results.

Delamination Depth Evaluation in Near-Surface of GFRP Laminates Based on RQA-MKLSVM Model

The increasing use of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates in aircraft creates an urgent demand for nondestructive testing to identify defects such as impact damage and delamination in the materials’ near-surface structure. The High-frequency ultrasonic technique is an effective nondestructive testing technique capable of detecting such defects. However, with the increased delamination depth, it is difficult to accurately characterize the delamination defects in GFRP laminates by traditional characterization methods. And the conventional defect depth detection method takes much time and requires professional discrimination, which is easily affected by the level of inspectors and subjective factors. To address the issue of inaccurate feature extraction and low detection efficiency, we propose a new method for delamination depth recognition in the near-surface of GFRP laminates based on the RQA-MKLSVM model by combining the recurrence quantitative analysis (RQA) feature extraction method with the multi-kernel learning SVM technique to improve the capability of detecting delamination defects on GFRP laminates. Additionally, an image-enhanced method based on the nonlinear transformation function and wavelet multiscale product is used to locate the delaminated areas. Results show that the proposed method achieves accurate recognition of different delamination defects within depths ranging from 0.8 mm to 4.0 mm, and the average recognition rate has reached 95.63%. Compared with the training models based on discrete wavelet transform(DWT) and empirical mode decomposition (EMD), the recognition rate of our method is improved by 6.25% and 4.38%, respectively. And Compared with the two single-core models, the recognition accuracy of our method is improved by 8.55% and 5.00%, respectively.

Behavior of fiber reinforced polymer laminates strengthening prestressed concrete beams

Pre-stressed concrete constructions' service life may be extended considerably by using fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforcement. It is necessary to have knowledge of the real performance of the strengthened members in order to deploy the technology properly. Determining the static response of pre-stressed concrete beams with externally bonded fiber-reinforced polymer is the main objective of this work. A total of 14 beams of 3 m long, 150 mm × 250 mm cross-sectional beams were cast and put to the test in the lab. Twelve other beams had Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer laminates added to their soffits to strengthen them, while the other two post-tensioned beams that weren't bonded functioned as reference beams. Three distinct GFRP laminates of two different thicknesses (3 mm and 5 mm) were used to reinforce seven M 35 concrete beams. The strengthened beams were put to the test with loads that increased monotonically as manual readings were collected. The remaining seven M60 concrete beams were reinforced using three different GFRP laminates of two different thicknesses 3 mm and 5 mm, and they were put to test with monotonically increasing loads while having hand readings obtained. All of the variables—concrete grade, GFRP laminate type, and GFRP laminate thickness—were assessed. Uni-Directional Cloth, Woven Roving, and Chopped Strand Mat were some of the GFRP laminates with various configurations (UDC). According to strength, stiffness, ductility, the combined action of the concrete and external reinforcement, and associated failure, all the beams that were tested under static stress underwent evaluation. Deflection ductility, yield load, deflection at yield load, ultimate load, and deflection at ultimate load were the main subjects of this work. According to static testing, pre-stressed concrete beams reinforced with externally bonded GFRP laminates have increased strength, flexural stiffness, ductility, and composite action until failure. The experiment's outcomes were discovered to be rather closely connected. Laminates were suggested for pre-stressed concrete beams with and without externally bonded GFRP in order to forecast the crucial performance factors.

Stress monitoring capability of magnetostrictive Fe–Co fiber/glass fiber reinforced polymer composites under four-point bending

Many structural health monitoring (SHM) techniques have been investigated for damage detection in woven glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates. Recently, the GFRP composites integrated with sensors have received attention because the composite material can transmit information about the structural condition during operation. Magnetostrictive materials are considered as feasible candidates to realize the contactless SHM techniques by exploiting the Villari effect, but the theoretical modeling to correlate a magnetostrictive response with structural conditions is a critical issue. In this study, the analytical procedure considering the mechanics of materials and electromagnetism was proposed to model the magnetic induction by the Villari effect of magnetostrictive GFRP laminates under bending. The magnetostrictive Fe–Co fiber/GFRP composites were then developed, and the four-point bending tests were carried out to evaluate the fabricated composites’ stress monitoring capability. The magnetic flux density behavior corresponded to the bending stress fluctuation. The maximum magnetic flux density change was 70.7 mT subjected to the peak bending stress of 158 MPa. The analytical solutions showed reasonable agreement with the experimental results. The applied stress and measured magnetic flux density were correlated by the theoretical models. Thus, these results suggest an important step in realizing the novel contactless SHM technique utilizing magnetostrictive materials.

Experimental investigation on the compression-after-double-impact behaviors of GF/epoxy laminates embedded with/without metal wire nets

This work investigated the effect of embedded metal wire nets on both double-point low-velocity impact (LVI) and compression-after-double-impact (CAI) behaviors of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates. The once-forming conventional GFRP laminates with metal wire nets are manufactured by the vacuum-assisted resin infusion (VARI) process. A novel fixture is designed to conduct the double-point LVI experiment with a different impact distance. The results, including impact response history and failure morphology, demonstrate that adding wire nets can improve the impact-resistance capacity of GFRP by dispersing the incident energy from the impact center to the outer region. Under the impact distance of 20 mm and impact energy of 60 J, the energy absorption rate of the wire net-hybrid laminates is 19.18% lower than that of the pure GFRP laminates. According to the scanning electron microscope (SEM), the damage on hybrid laminates is concentrated near the metal mesh, leading to a more extensive damage area. In the CAI tests, the performance of hybrid laminates is poorer than that of conventional GFRP under the condition of both high incident energy and distance.

Influence of fabric areal density in woven GFRP laminate on abrasive water jet drilling responses

ABSTRACT The objective of this investigation is to find out the effect of the woven glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates with different glass fiber densities, such as 610 GSM and 210 GSM, and manufactured by the hand layup technique, supported by compression molding on mechanical properties and abrasive water jet (AWJ) drilling responses. During the investigation, the woven GFRP with a fiber density of 610 GSM has been found to display greater flexural strength, interlaminar strength (ILSS), and tensile strength as compared to the woven GFRP with a fiber density of 210 GSM. The woven GFRP with a fiber density of 610 GSM has also displayed reduced drilling damage in the surface region and less delamination compared to the woven GFRP with a fiber density of 210 GSM. The results of both types of composites prove that the TR and JP considerably impact the delamination extent (DE) and surface roughness (SR). A decrease in the TR and an increase in the JP are primarily responsible for optimizing the desired machining performances. Finally, a FESEM analysis has been done to examine the machined surfaces’ morphology.

Evaluation of Tensile and Flexural Properties of Unidirectional Glass-Epoxy Laminate with Aluminium Oxide and Magnesium Hydroxide as Filler Materials

Low weight is one of the most important factors in the design process of road and flight vehicles. The design engineers are careful with regards to the weight decrease without thinking twice about the primary strength. The composite is a lightweight material that has decent underlying properties and it is generally utilized. Fiber-supported polymer composites assumed a prevailing part for quite a while in an assortment of uses for their high explicit strength. The current work portrays the turn of events and the portrayal of another arrangement of GFRP. Experiments are carried out to study the effect of the addition of fillers by varying their percentages. The present work focus on the effect of the fillers on properties of Glass fiber epoxy laminates with aluminum oxide and magnesium hydroxide powders as the fillers. In the present work, fabrication and experimental investigation on unidirectional glass epoxy composites are carried out. Initially, glass fiber reinforced polymer laminate fabricated without filler material, hand layup followed by vacuum bagging methods are used . Then, by adding Aluminium oxide and Magnesium hydroxide as a filler material with different percentages like 5%, 10%, and 15% by weights and laminates are fabricated and experimental investigation is conducted to study their mechanical behavior. The comparative studies on the laminates are carried out and the obtained results are analyzed and those are quite interesting.

Failure Prediction and Surface Characterization of GFRP Laminates: A Study of Stepwise Loading.

The present study explores the failure and surface characteristics of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (GFRP). Stepwise loading was applied in this study to understand the multi-static loading effect on the laminates before final failure. The loading was set three times to reach 10 kN with loading–unloading movement before final load until failure. The results showed that the angle of the GFRP UD laminates’ position significantly impacts the system’s failure. The results were analyzed using theoretical calculation experiment analysis, and then the failure sample was identified using ASTM D3039 standard failure. The laminates with 0° layer on edge ([0/90]S laminates) underwent preliminary failure before final failure. The mechanism of stepwise loading can be used to detect the effect of preliminary failure on the laminates. The [0/90]S laminates are subjected to stress concentration on the edge due to fiber alignment and discontinued fibers in the 0-degree direction. This fiber then fails due to debonding between the fiber and the matrix. The laminates’ strength showed that [90/0]S specimens have an average higher strength with 334.45 MPa than the [0/90]S laminates with 227.8 MPa. For surface roughness, the value of Ra increases more than six times in the 0° direction and three times in the 90° direction. Moreover, shore D hardness showed that the hardness was decreased from 85.6 SD then decreased to 70.4 SD for [0/90]S and 65.9 SD for [90/0]S. The matrix debonding, layer delamination and fiber breakage were reported as the failure mode behavior of the laminates.