Experimental Test on Carbon Fiber/Epoxy and Glass Fiber /Epoxy Pultruded Rods for Mechanical Properties

In this work, composite rods of glass fiber/epoxy and carbon fiber/epoxy with 80% of fiber loading and 20% of matrix are produced by using pultrusion technique. Pultrusion is a continuous process for manufacture of composite materials with constant cross-section. Reinforced fibers are pulled through a resin, possibly followed by a separate preforming system, and into a heated die, where the resin undergoes polymerization. Many resin types may be used in pultrusion including polyester, polyurethane, vinylester and epoxy. These two types of rods are subjected to tensile test, chemical absorption and impact tests at various temperatures like room temperature and at below room temperatures.