Impact Properties Analysis of Bamboo/glass Fiber Hybrid Composites

Abstract

Six kinds of bamboo/glass fiber vinyl ester hybrid composites with different layers were prepared by vacuum assisted resin infusion (VARI) process. The bending and pendulum properties on them, meanwhile the low-velocity impact and compression-after-impacted response were investigated studied on the energy levels of 7J, 9J, 11J and 13J. The results show that the bending strength, pendulum impact strength and peak impact force of the composite materails with two layers of glass fiber beneath the surface are 120%, 220.68% and 371.38% higher than those of the pure bamboo fiber composite, respectively.

Keywords

• natural fiber composites; hybrid; low-velocity impact; cai
• layer structure
• mechanical properties