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The mass ratio of curing agent to epoxy resin is one of the important factors affecting the behavior of matrix andcomposites. In this paper, the solution of curing agent to epoxy resin with different mass ratio (0.25, 0.30, 0.35 and 0.40) wasselected as matrix, quadriaxial warp-knitted fabric was selected as reinforcement, and the composites were manufactured byapplying vacuum assisted film infusion. Then the tensile and bending behavior of the composites was experimentallyinvestigated, and the curing degree and failure mechanism of the composites were analyzed with respect to thethermodynamic properties and the microscopic failure morphologies. The optimal mass ratio was obtained by applyingnonlinear fitting and verified by experiment, and a mathematical model was derived to predict the relationship between thestrength and the mass ratio. The results showed that the thermal stability, curing degree, tensile and bending strength of thespecimens increase firstly and then decrease with increase of the mass ratio. According to the tensile and bending strengthresults, the optimum mass ratio were obtained as 0.31 and 0.33 by applying nonlinear fitting to the experiment data. Theresults could lay a theoretical foundation for optimizing the mass ratio of matrix components, and improve the strength ofcomposites.