%0 Conference Paper %A Abbas, T. %A Ya, H.H. %A Abdullah, M.Z. %D 2017 %F scholars:8067 %I American Institute of Physics Inc. %R 10.1063/1.5010543 %T Effect of composite layers on partially wrapped Al-glass/epoxy hybrid tube subjected to axial load %U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/8067/ %V 1901 %X In this paper effect of composite layers on energy absorption capability of aluminium tube partially wrapped with glass/epoxy has been studied. The samples were manufactured using round aluminium tubes and glass/epoxy. The filament winding method was used to partially wrap aluminium tubes externally with glass/epoxy. The fiber orientation in the partial wrapping of aluminium tubes was 10°. Three different types of composite layers; 4, 6 and 8 were used. The percentage area of aluminium tubes covered by composite layers was 70 , 50 and 30 for 4, 6 and 8 layers, respectively. These samples were tested using a universal testing machine with 5mm/min speed. The results indicate that hybrid tube manufactured by using 8 composite layers has 11.85 and 15.92 more energy absorption as compared to other samples prepared by using 4 and 6 composite layers, respectively. Moreover, mode of failures for these tubes have been discussed in detail. © 2017 Author(s). %Z cited By 0; Conference of 3rd Advanced Materials Conference 2016, AMC 2016 ; Conference Date: 28 November 2016 Through 29 November 2016; Conference Code:132474