Effect of angle orientation lay-up on uniaxial tensile test specimen of Fiber carbon composite manufactured by using resin transfer moulding with vacuum bagging

Abstract

The main objective of performing uniaxial tensile test is to determine the maximum uniaxial load that a laminate specimen could withstand. The tensile test was carried out to obtain the maximum load and to study effect of the angle-ply laminated composite plates. Specimen is fabricated by using resin transfer moulding with vacuum bagging. Carbon/Epoxy composite with [+45/-45], [0/90] and [0/90 45/-45 combination] lamination schemes were built. The test set was done by using ASTM Standard D3039 with 12 layers of composite laminate. Geometry specimen is 250 mm x 25 mm x 2.75 mm. Fiber carbon composite plates under uniaxial tensile loading for several lamination schemes were modelled by using ACP tool. The tensile strength obtained in ANSYS and compared with experimental value. Based on the result, it can be seen that highest tensile strength on specimen with 0/90 orientation angle lay-up.