Manufacturing Techniques and Effect of Stacking Sequence on Mechanical and Tribological Properties of FRP Hybrid Composites: An Overview

Composite materials have been found to be the top most choice among different manufacturing industries against the conventional metal components. Their excellent properties in terms of strength, rigidity, light weight, corrosion resistance, impact resistance, and durability have proved to be the most promising material in the global market. Currently, composites are gaining more attention from different researchers and academicians due to improved sustainable performances in varied areas of application (automobile, aerospace, marine, transport, construction, biomedical, and sports). The presence of the constituent fibres along with different manufacturing techniques largely decides the performance of the composite materials. An overview of different manufacturing techniques is undertaken to select the best-suited technique to develop fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite for wide range of applications. The effect of symmetrical/usymmetrical stacking sequence on mechanical and tribological properties of fibre-reinforced polymer composites has been investigated successfully.