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An Introduction to Composite Materials

On July 3, 2012 · In Composite Materials, Novel Materials/Tailored Structures

Throughout the last four decades the exploitation of fibre-reinforced plastics (FRP) in engineering structures has been steadily diversifying from sports equipment and high performance racing cars, to helicopters and most recently commercial aeroplanes. Composite materials are essentially a combination of two or more dissimilar materials that are used together in order to combine best properties, […]

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