Mechanical Properties and Material Design of Glass/Aramid/Carbon Hybrid FRP Laminates

Static Properties

Abstract

The hybridization of glass fiber with aramid or carbon fiber in FRP laminates offer a promising method to exhibit the excellent performance of aramid and carbon fibers while restricting an increase in material cost. In this paper, the static tensile, compressive and flexural properties of glass/aramid and glass/carbon hybrid FRP laminates have been evaluated systematically from the viewpoint of hybridization merit of FRP. As a results, it has been made clear that the hybridization of glass and aramid fibers is a very useful method to overcome the weak point of aramid fiber which has a low compressive strength.