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Use of composite materials in engineering.
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While composite materials have been in existence for centuries the incorporation of composite technology into the civil engineering world is over five decades old.
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 application of composites in the defense industry dates back to the early 1940 s.
In countries like the united states india and china structures made only from polymeric materials for electric energy transmission have been developed.
The use of composite materials on a structural engineering area is increasing every day because of the advantages of these materials over conventional materials.
By mixing multiple materials together manufacturers can combine the best properties of each base component.
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