EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS OF CARBON FIBER AND GLASS FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER AND NATURAL MATRICES BASED COMPOSITES

High strength ability along with lightweight characteristics always plays the major role in emerging complicated applications. Similarly, this work deals with the studies on mechanical characterizations of carbon fiber and glass fiber-reinforced polymer and natural matrices-based composites for advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industries. Technically, UAV components have undergone the prime structural effects, such as buckling, flexural stress, sudden impact, frictional effects, and creep behaviors. In this regard, six different experimental tests, such as impact strength, compressive stress, tensile strength, frictional behaviors, flexural stress, and creep characteristics are investigated. Three different composite materials, such as carbon fiber associated with epoxy resin (CFER), glass fiber associated with epoxy resin (GFER), and glass fiber associated with bamboo resin (GFBR) are short-listed for this comprehensive investigation. After the load's impositions, the internal atomic structures of these composites are carefully monitored. The CFER composite resisted superiorly for four loads, namely, impact, compression, tensile, and friction at high revolutions per minute (rpm). The GFER composite resisted superiorly for two loads, namely flexural and friction at low rpm. The GFBR composite resisted superiorly for two structural effects, namely, creep and friction at high rpm. Since CFER resisted major loads and is less in weight, this work primarily confirms CFER is suitable for UAVs. Next to CFER, this work suggests imposing the GFBR for UAV components especially for frictional and creep structural effects.