Affecting Factors of the Mechanical Properties to Phenolic/Fiber Composite

Influences of the amount of phenolic, curing temperature and curing time on the Mechanical Properties of phenolic/fiber composite were investigated by using two-level factorial design. The latter was used to determine the affects of those factors on mechanical properties. The purpose of this study was to investigate the affects of amount of phenolic, curing temperature and curing time of the composite to determine the best condition for mechanical properties according to MIL-I-24768 by the tensile strength is more than 103 MPa.

• Thirapat Kitinirunkul
• Nattawat Winya
• Komson Prapunkarn

• Phenolic Resin
• Composite
• Fiber Composite
• Affecting Factors.

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