The Study Of Mechanical And Morphological Properties On Glass Fiber Reinforcement Polyester Composite With Graphene

Abstract

Composite materials are preferred mostly because of their high strength and light weight. The present work studies the mechanical properties such as tensile and bending strength of a polyester and glass fiber reinforced composites with and without the addition of graphene. In order to determine the static mechanical properties of the composite, tensile and bending tests of the polymer matrix composite is carried out. The tensile and bending test are carried out in the Universal Testing Machine.The percentage of graphene is varied and the tests are carried out in order to find out the optimum amount of graphene needed. Also scanning electron microscopic analysis is conducted to study the uniform distribution of graphene. The SEM study indicated that there is an uniform distribution of graphene in the composite material and also it is observed that the tensile and bending strength increases with the increase in graphene content.