A study of the mechanical properties of hybrid laminated polymer composites

Abstract EN

To produce hybrid laminated polymer composites, we fabricated tensile specimens of matrix material consisting of an acrylic resin with a polymethyl methacrylate base.

The reinforcement layers are perlon and glass fiber in the form of two hybrid composites each with twelve reinforcement layers which were fabricated using vacuum forming.

Composite (1) consists of eight perlon layers and four glass fiber layers, while Composite (2) consists of four perlon layers and eight glass fiber layers.

They were subjected to tensile tests using a Universal Testing Machine.

From these results, we found that the tensile strength and modulus of elasticity of Composite (1) are higher than those of the matrix material by 27.6 % and 83.3 % respectively.

While in the case of Composite (2), the tensile strength and modulus of elasticity increased by 96.5 % and 133 % respectively as compared to the matrix material.

These results lead to better enhancement in the tensile properties of composites which is obtained through the increase of glass fiber content in the composite, since these fibers possess high tensile strength and stiffness.