Investigate mechanical properties of laminated flax fabric composite plate with different laminate code lamination

Abstract

This paper studied the mechanical behaviors of laminated flax fabric composite plate with different laminate code lamination. The aim of the study is to observe the influence of the different angle in the specimen either it contribute to the high mechanical of properties of the specimen or not. This is because the composite material should have the improvement in order to increase their strength that can be used in more fields. The two testing that involve in this experiment to measure the properties of laminate composite are tensile and flexural testing. In tensile testing, it is observed that the combination of 90° and 60° angle in the specimen produced high mechanical testing compared to other specimen due to the high orientation angle and good interfacial adhesion between matrix and fiber. In other testing which is flexural testing, the combination of 90° and 30° contribute to high mechanical properties due to strong strength of compressive part in the specimen. The pattern of the angle and good interfacial adhesion also play an important role in determining the properties of the specimen. As a result that observed in the specimen, the orientation code affects the properties of the laminate composite.