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    • ISSN: 1793-8198 (Print)
    • Abbreviated Title: Int. J. Mater. Mech. Manuf.
    • Frequency: Bimonthly
    • DOI: 10.18178/IJMMM
    • Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Ian McAndrew
    • Co-editor-in-Chief: Prof. K. M. Gupta
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Editor-in-chief
Prof. Ian McAndrew
Capitol Technology University, USA
It is my honor to be the editor-in-chief of IJMMM. I will do my best to work with the editorial team and help make this journal better.

IJMMM 2020 Vol.8(1): 17-21 ISSN: 1793-8198
DOI: 10.18178/ijmmm.2020.8.1.477

Effect of Fabrication Techniques, Resin Types and Fiber Combinations on Mechanical Properties and Morphology of Glass Fiber Composites

Onny Ujianto, Afid Nugroho, Hendro Sat Setijotomo, and Atik Bintoro
Abstract—Glass fiber composites were fabricated from two different manufacturing techniques, vacuum infusion and vacuum bag, two resin types (epoxy, vinyl ester), as well as and two fiber combinations (S-glass and E-glass). The analyzed properties were tensile modulus, strength as well as compression strength, with relation to sample morphology and fracture surface due to compression. The results showed that all variables and their interaction did not significantly influence tensile modulus, while manufacturing methods was the only significant variable influenced tensile strength. The results showed that vacuum infusion samples had better tensile strength than those produced by vacuum bag due to less resin and bubbles. In term of compression, the change on strength was highly contributed by resin type and fiber used on layer A. Composites samples with epoxy resin showed better strength than those of vinyl ester may be due to better initial resin property. While, imbalance transfer load and fiber density inhibiting resin penetration and causing resin rich samples produced lower compression strength for samples with S-glass applied to layer A than E-glass. Further analysis on fracture surface showed that most samples failed on compression test due to shear, kink and resin break.

Index Terms—Infusion, vacuum bag, epoxy, vinyl ester, mechanical, morphology.

Onny Ujianto is with the Center for Polymer Technology, The Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology, Indonesia (e-mail: onny.ujianto@bppt.go.id).

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Cite: Onny Ujianto, Afid Nugroho, Hendro Sat Setijotomo, and Atik Bintoro, "Effect of Fabrication Techniques, Resin Types and Fiber Combinations on Mechanical Properties and Morphology of Glass Fiber Composites," International Journal of Materials, Mechanics and Manufacturing vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 17-21, 2020.

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