Use Of Composite Materials In Engineering

While composite materials have been in existence for centuries the incorporation of composite technology into the civil engineering world is over five decades old.

Use of composite materials in engineering. In countries like the united states india and china structures made only from polymeric materials for electric energy transmission have been developed. Composite materials include any products made from a blend of two or more base materials according to the university of delaware s center for composite materials. By mixing multiple materials together manufacturers can combine the best properties of each base component. The application of composites in the defense industry dates back to the early 1940 s.

Lindsay t g milne h j. Generally speaking any material consisting of two or more components with different properties and distinct boundaries between the components can be referred to as a composite material. The structural component of a composite may consist of fibres made of glass or carbon graphite shorter whiskers made of silicon carbide or aluminum oxide or longer tungsten boron filaments the matrix material may be an epoxy resin or other high temperature plastic aluminum or some other metal or a ceramic such as silicon nitride fibreglass reinforced plastic is the best known. The use of composite materials on a structural engineering area is increasing every day because of the advantages of these materials over conventional materials.

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