Study on Mechanical Behaviour of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites

Fiber-reinforced polymer composites have played a dominant role for a long time in a variety of applications for their high specific strength and modulus. The fiber which serves as a reinforcement in reinforced plastics may be synthetic or natural. Past studies show that only natural fibers such as bamboo, jute, coconut etc., have been used in fiber-reinforced plastics. Although glass and other synthetic fiber reinforced plastics possess high specific strength, their fields of application are very limited because of their inherent higher cost of production. In this connection, an investigation has been carried out to make use of carbon, a synthetic fiber. The present work describes the development and characterization of a new set of synthetic fiber based polymer composites consisting of carbon as reinforcement and epoxy developed composites are characterized with respect to their mechanical characteristics. Experiments are carried out to study the effect of fiber weights on mechanical behavior of these composites. In the present work, carbon composites are developed and their mechanical properties are evaluated.