Effect of Aviation Turbine Fuel Exposure on Interlaminar and Inplane Shear Properties of Glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composite

This study investigated the effect of aviation turbine fuel exposure on interlaminar and in-plane shear properties E-glass/epoxy composite. The two types test specimens, namely bare resin-coated specimens with varying thicknesses as per ASTM standard, were made out composite to evaluate their properties. These all immersed inside for months then afterward reduction mechanical like tests experimentally investigated. Test results show that ATF has reduced strength by 10.04 %, 7.83 6.01 % bare, 0.1 mm 0.2 resin coating, respectively. Similarly, was 14.75 11.22 7.52 respectively, modulus 10.87 8.94 6.52 coating conditions compared as-received (without exposure) specimens.SEM micrographs too showed indicated glass/epoxycomposite resistive ingression. It observed exhibited a in shearproperties due ingression polymeric network induced internal stresses, which not only degraded matrix fiber-matrix adherence but created micro-cracks at interfaces. Resin-coated limit ingression, led