Experimental Investigations on Cylindrical GFRP Composite Pipes under Compression Loading

Abstract

In a wide variety of aerospace applications have the mechanical properties of a thin cylindrical shell are important. Thin cylindrical shell structures are used to store a small and large quantity of fluids and solids. Glass Fabric reinforced epoxy composite is used to prepare the thin cylindrical pipes with different diameters and varying thickness of the composite pipes. The additives as glass flakes are added with 5%, 10% and 15% of the resin content in the matrix. The rolled composites specimens are prepared with the stainless steel (SS) mould. Experiments are test on Universal Testing Machine under lateral compression test to study the breaking load and compressive strength of the specimens. The failure modes are also observed.