Effect of Ply Orientation on a Carbon Fiber Composite Angular Beam Manufacturing

The load-bearing capability of the carbon fiber structure with different ply orientation is studied in this paper. The material properties like Density, Volume fraction and tensile strength are experimentally known according to ASTM standards, and the remaining properties are collected from the material group; the same was used in the load analysis using ANSYS. A standard angular section is prepared using carbon epoxy material by Hand layup process to understand the challenges in the manufacturing of a composite structure. The parameters affecting the strength of the composite structure like ply orientation and manufacturing process is studied in detail. Carbon fiber reinforced composites are now being increasingly used in the automobile, aerospace and other industries due to its better out-of-plane stiffness, strength, and toughness properties. The required input data like Young's modulus, Poisson ratio, Shear modulus of the composite for structural analysis in Ansys has been practically known, and the effect of ply orientation on the performance (load carrying capabilities) of the composite structure and the challenges involved in making of composite structures is studied. The effect of ply orientation on the carbon fiber composite angular beam is studied by carrying at load analysis of beams with different ply orientations of +450 , 00 ,900 , and 00 and 900 with bi-directional ply in between using ANSYS software.