Tensile and Flexural Characterization of Nomex and E-Glass Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites

Over the last three decades’ composite materials have been used in the engineering field. Automotive and aerospace industries require materials which have high strength to weight proportion. Composite materials are being used as lightweight materials for vehicle bodies to meet targets for reducing fuel consumption and emissions and as structural composites in aerospace. There is a need for heat resistant composites in fields of automotive and aerospace. Resistance to long term exposure of heat is possible by reinforcing the Glass fibres with Nomex sheet which has high temperature resistance characteristics. These unique composites can be used in high temperature thermal protection systems and as flame deflectors for aerospace applications. In this present investigation a composite using Epoxy/Nomex sheet /Glass fibre is prepared by Hand-layup technique. Chopped strand mat of E-glass fibre, Nomex sheet of 0.08 mm thickness and Epoxy resin is used in the present investigation. Four different types of composites are fabricated using 0%wt, 10%wt, 15%wt, and 20%wt of Nomex paper with Chopped Strand Mat-E glass fibre and epoxy resin. After all the samples were prepared and mechanical tests were carried out on the samples to discover the changes observed due to the composition of Nomex sheet. The obtained results were compared and graphically charted to characterize the new composite material.