Fabrication and Charecterization of E-Glass/Chopped Strand Mat E450gsm/Sic Reinforced Polymer Composite

Abstract

Composite material possesses good properties with high strength to weight ratio due to these facts composite materials are becoming popular among researchers and scientists.  The major proportion of engineering materials consists of composite materials. The fiber reinforced polymer composites are more widely used in the aerospace industries, automotive industries  and  other  industrial applications, due to their applicable benefits like light weight, ease of processing, high stiffness, high strength etc. In the present work polymer based composites were prepared by using hand layup method. Matrix material is Epoxy and reinforcements are E-glass, Chopped strand mat and SiC powder. Different composites prepared and tested by using destructive and non-destructive testings. The fabricated composite materials in the form of plate were cut into profiles as per ASTM standards for testings. In non-destructive testing Chopped strand mat reinforced Epoxy composite exposed less defects compared to other composites. In destructive testing hybrid polymer composites shown better results compared to others.