ON THE EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF GLASS / POLYESTER

Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University

*Housing Building Research Center Cairo, Egypt

presented. All specimens were fabricated as unidirectional rods by a resin transfer moulding

(RTM) technique with fiber volume fraction of 20%, 30% and 41%. The influence of fiber

volume fraction and specimen geometry (diameter) on the composite strength and stiffness as

well as the composite strain under both types of loading are investigated. Experimental results

show that the optimum fiber volume fraction for strength under both the tensile and the

compressive load is 30%.