Filament winding is fabrication tehnique for forming reinforced plastic parts of high strength and light weight. The high strenght to weight ratio in filament wound structures can be attributed largely to the reinforcement. The matrix material, though not in itself providing strength capability, can be a very important factor in limiting performance of the composite. As the term implies, the wet method applies a liquid resin to the filament before winding, while still wet, around the mandrell. In this paper has been presented the influence of applied liquid resin and reinforcement on the mechanical properties of filament wound structures. For the investigation was chosen epoxy resin as matrix and glass fiber as reinforcement.

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