Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Wire-Reinforced GFRP Laminates

Composite materials or composites in short are engineered materials in which a combination of two or more materials with different mechanical properties are mixed together to form a single structure with an identifiable interface and it remains separate within the finished structure. However when more than one material is combined together in such types of composites, we are unable to achieve the required mechanical property. In order to overcome this problem, we are inserting aluminum wire into GFRP laminates under two conditions, namely plain aluminum wire and twisted aluminum wire. This chapter mainly focuses on analyzing and studying about the characteristics of GFRP, GFRP with plain aluminum wire and GFRP with twisted aluminum wire. The mechanical properties which are examined and inferred are ultimate tensile strength, flexural strength and impact strength. The study of these properties is performed on 1/4th thick and 7 mm pitch laminates. Based on the results obtained, the properties are studied and the switch board is fabricated.