Study of Quasi-Static Compression Behaviour of Hollow Tubes Made of Glass/Epoxy Composite

Abstract

Composite materials have been used widely in various engineering fields. Composite materials possess low weight, corrosion resistance property, and specific strength, and due to these facts, composite materials are becoming popular among researches and scientists. Now a day, the glass fibers offer the potential to acts as a reinforcing material for composites alternative to the use of glass fiber, carbon fiber and other man-made fibers. In present work hallow tube composites of epoxy - glass fiber was prepared by hand lay-up technique. Mechanical characterizations of prepared hollow tube composites were carried out. Mechanical results were improved; we considered the hollow tubes of glass fiber and epoxy in different proportions such as 50% of glass fiber and 50% of epoxy, 60% of glass fiber and 40% of epoxy, 66% of glass fiber and 34% of epoxy. The maximum compression strength was obtained in the ratio of 50:50 that is 57.69N/mm2, the maximum load at the peak was obtained in the ratio of 60:40, that is 14.61kN and the maximum deformation at the peak was obtained in the ratio of 60:40 that is 8.03mm.