A fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) is a composite building material that consists of three

components: (i) the fibers as the discontinuous or dispersed phase, (ii) the matrix as the
continuous phase, and (iii) the fine interphase region, also known as the interface. [1][2] This is a
type of advanced composite group, which makes use of rice husk, rice hull, and plastic as
ingredients. This technology involves a method of refining, blending, and compounding natural
fibers from cellulosic waste streams to form a high-strength fiber composite material in a polymer
matrix. The designated waste or base raw materials used in this instance are those of waste
thermoplastics and various categories of cellulosic waste including rice husk and saw dust.

Fiber-reinforced composite

FRC is high-performance fiber composite achieved and made possible by cross-linking cellulosic
fiber molecules with resins in the FRC material matrix through a proprietary molecular reengineering process, yielding a product of exceptional structural properties.
Through this feat of molecular re-engineering selected physical and structural properties of wood
are successfully cloned and vested in the FRC product, in addition to other critical attributes to
yield performance properties superior to contemporary wood.
This material, unlike other composites, can be recycled up to 20 times, allowing scrap FRC to be
reused again and again.
The failure mechanisms in FRC materials include delamination, intralaminar matrix cracking,
longitudinal matrix splitting, fiber/matrix debonding, fiber pull-out, and fiber fracture. [1]
Difference between wood plastic composite and fiber-reinforced composite:

Features

Plastic

Wood plastic

FRC

Wood

lumber

composite

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Recyclable

House
Construction

Water Absorption

0.00%

0.8% and above

0.3% and

10% and

below

above

Properties[edit]
Tensile Strength

ASTM D 638

15.9 MPa

Flexural Strength

ASTM D 790

280 MPa

Flexural Modulus

ASTM D 790

1582 MPa

Failure Load

ASTM D 1761

1.5 KN - 20.8 KN

Compressive Strength

20.7MPa

Heat Reversion

BS EN 743 : 1995

0.45%

Water Absorption

ASTM D 570

0.34%

Termite Resistant

FRIM Test Method

3.6

Application[edit]
There are also applications in the market, which utilize only waste materials. Its most widespread
use is in outdoor deck floors, but it is also used for railings, fences, landscaping timbers, cladding
and siding, park benches, molding and trim, window and door frames, and indoor furniture. See
for example the work of Waste for Life, which collaborates with garbage scavenging cooperatives
to create fiber-reinforced building materials and domestic problems from the waste their
members collect

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http://www.technologystudent.com/joints/kevlar2.html
glass fiber
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiberglass
carbon fibre

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_%28fiber%29