Laminated Composite Materials Obtained by Lamination with Carbon Fiber

Abstract

Composite materials have had a rapid development in recent decades and have come to be used in various fields of industry, including civil engineering. The study of composite materials, but especially of those layered with fibers of different types, is based on improving the physical and mechanical properties and increasing the resistance of the resulting new materials. Through the experimental study, it is aimed to resolve some technological issues regarding the  anufacture of samples from composite materials reinforced with carbon fiber and epoxy resins and to improve the mechanical resistance of the usual construction materials from the composition of resistance structures. Combining or  reinforcing materials such as wood or concrete, with carbon fiber or glass laminated with epoxy resins or inserted directly into their composition as dispersed reinforcement, increases their properties. In this way, smaller dimensions of the elements can be obtained, leading to an increase in their load-bearing capacity. In this experimental work it is aimed to increase the mechanical and physical resistance behavior of certain materials with the help of carbon fiber laminated with epoxy resins. It has been chosen to use as raw material for samples: concrete, solid brick sandwich, wood, and extruded polystyrene. Depending on the utility of each, after lamination with carbon fibers, the samples are tested for bending moment, compression, fire resistance and  shock resistance.