DEVELOPMENT OF CARBON-GLASS FIBER REINFORCED HYBRID COMPOSITES BY VACUUM INFUSION TECHNIQUE

Fiber-reinforcedcomposite materials are used in various applications in aviation,maritime, sport, automotive, and defense industry due to theirseveral advantages. Beside this, they have some disadvantages. Thebehavior of hybrid composites is a weighed sum of the individualcomponents in which there is a more favorable balance between theinherent advantages and disadvantages. Theaim of this study is to develop of the carbon-glass fabric reinforcedpolyester hybrid composites. PA66 nonwoven fabrics were alsoincorporated within the composite laminates to modify interlaminarregion. The results show the addition of the PA66 nonwoven fabricsaffects the mechanical properties in hybrid composite.