Flexural strength & ILSS of carbon/silk fabric hybrid composites

Hybrid composites are more advanced composites as compared to conventional FRP composites. Hybrid composites have more than one reinforcing phase and a single matrix phase or single reinforcing phase with multiple matrix phases or multiple reinforcing and multiple matrix phases. They have better flexibility as compared to other fibre reinforced composites. Normally it contains a high modulus fibre with low modulus fibre. The high-modulus fibre provides the stiffness and load bearing qualities, whereas the low-modulus fibre makes the composite more damage tolerant and keeps the material cost low. In this monograph the influence of stacking sequence and effect of reinforcements on the flexural strength, and inter-laminar shear strength properties of the fabricated laminated hybrid composites, carbon fabric and silk satin fabric have been discussed extensively. Micro structural analysis using SEM also carried out to analyse the failure mechanism of composites.