Optimal design for hybrid composites under flexural loading

A study on the flexural behaviour of hybrid composites reinforced by S-2 glass and T700S carbon fibres is presented in this paper. The effects of fibre volume fractions, hybrid ratio and span-to-depth ratio were studied with the aid of FEA. It is shown that utilisation of hybridisation can improve t...

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Main Authors: Dong, Chensong, Davies, Ian
Other Authors: Yilong Bai
Format: Conference Paper
Published: China Science Literature Publishing House 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18942
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Davies, Ian
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description A study on the flexural behaviour of hybrid composites reinforced by S-2 glass and T700S carbon fibres is presented in this paper. The effects of fibre volume fractions, hybrid ratio and span-to-depth ratio were studied with the aid of FEA. It is shown that utilisation of hybridisation can improve the flexural strength. A general rule is in order to improve flexural strength, the fibre volume fraction of glass/epoxy plies needs to be higher than that of carbon/epoxy plies. The overall maximum hybrid effect, 37.34%, is achieved when the hybrid ratio is 0.318 ([02G/06C]) when Vfc = 50% and Vfg = 70%. The strength increases are 44.55% and 24.07% when compared with those of the full carbon and glass configurations respectively.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-189422023-02-02T07:57:39Z Optimal design for hybrid composites under flexural loading Dong, Chensong Davies, Ian Yilong Bai Jianxiang Wang Daining Fang A study on the flexural behaviour of hybrid composites reinforced by S-2 glass and T700S carbon fibres is presented in this paper. The effects of fibre volume fractions, hybrid ratio and span-to-depth ratio were studied with the aid of FEA. It is shown that utilisation of hybridisation can improve the flexural strength. A general rule is in order to improve flexural strength, the fibre volume fraction of glass/epoxy plies needs to be higher than that of carbon/epoxy plies. The overall maximum hybrid effect, 37.34%, is achieved when the hybrid ratio is 0.318 ([02G/06C]) when Vfc = 50% and Vfg = 70%. The strength increases are 44.55% and 24.07% when compared with those of the full carbon and glass configurations respectively. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18942 China Science Literature Publishing House restricted
spellingShingle Dong, Chensong
Davies, Ian
Optimal design for hybrid composites under flexural loading
title Optimal design for hybrid composites under flexural loading
title_full Optimal design for hybrid composites under flexural loading
title_fullStr Optimal design for hybrid composites under flexural loading
title_full_unstemmed Optimal design for hybrid composites under flexural loading
title_short Optimal design for hybrid composites under flexural loading
title_sort optimal design for hybrid composites under flexural loading
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18942