TY - JFULL AU - Hireni R. Mankodi and D. J. Chudasama PY - 2015/8/ TI - Effect of Non-Crimp Fabric Structure on Mechanical Properties of Laminates T2 - International Journal of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering SP - 954 EP - 959 VL - 9 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10005982 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 103, 2015 N2 - The textile preforms play a key role in providing the mechanical properties and gives the idea about selection parameter of preforms to improve the quality and performance of laminates. The main objectives of this work are to study the effect of non-crimp fabric preform structure in final properties of laminates. It has been observed that the multi-axial preform give better mechanical properties of laminates as compared to woven and biaxial fabrics. This study investigated the effect of different non-crimp glass preform structure on tensile strength, bending and compression properties of glass laminates. The different woven, bi-axial and multi-axial fabrics with similar GSM used to manufacture the laminates using polyester resin. The structural and mechanical properties of preform and laminates were studied using standard methods. It has been observed that the glass fabric geometry, including type of weaves, warps and filling density and number of layer plays significant role in deciding mechanical properties of laminates. ER -