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Mechanical Test                                              80

                                             Tensile Test                                          80
                                             Flexural Test                                         81

                                             Quasi-Static Indentation Test                         82

                                             Low Velocity Impact Test                              84
                                             Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) Test              86


                                      Damage Mechanism Evaluation                                  92
                                             Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)                    92

                                             Optical Microscopy                                    93


                                      RESULTS AND DISCUSSION                                       95

                                      Introduction                                                 95

                                      Hybrid and Pure Samples                                      96
                                      Volume  Fraction  and  Weight  Fraction  of  Fibre  and
                                      Matrix for Hybrid and Pure Composites                        96

                                      Static Analysis                                              98

                                      Dynamic Analysis                                             98
                                      Tensile Property                                             99

                                             The Effects of Stacking Sequence on Tensile
                                             Properties of E-glass/Basalt, E-glass/Jute and
                                             E-glass/Flax                                         100

                                             The Effects of Hybridisation on Tensile
                                             Properties of Hybrid and Pure Composites             101
                                             The Effect of Reinforcement Selection on the
                                             Tensile Properties in the Combination of E-
                                             glass with Basalt, Jute or Flax Fibres               104
                                             Tensile Fracture Analysis                            106


                                      Flexural Property                                           109
                                             The Effects of Stacking Sequence on Flexural
                                             Properties of E-glass/Basalt, E-glass/Jute and
                                             E-glass/Flax                                         110
                                             The Effects of Hybridisation on Flexural
                                             Properties of Hybrid and Pure Composites             113

                                             The Effect of Reinforcement Selection on the
                                             Flexural Properties in the Combination of E-
                                             glass with Basalt, Jute or Flax Fibres               116



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