Composite Material

Introduction
Laminated composites are becoming the
preferred material system in a variety of
industrial applications, such as
aeronautical and aerospace structures,
automotive structural parts and civil
structures in contrast to the conventional
metals because of the following
properties.

•LIGHT WEIGHT
•HIGH STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS
•LOW DENSITY
•HIGH CORROSION RESISTANCE
•LONGER DURABILITY
•LOW MAINTENANCE COST
 Application of composites

Wings and fuselage panels of Aerospace

Structures

Automotive Panels

Ship structures

Roofing and wall panels of Civil Engineering

structures, boats & many more…..
 Contd…

COMPOSITE BRIDGE IN OXFORD COMPOSITE WINGS AND FUGELAGE

INUSTRIAL RAIL MADE UP OF FRP CAR MADE OF COMPOSITES

COMPOSITES
 Pedestrian bridge in FRP Sleepers for Railway Girder Bridges
Denmark, 130 feet long
(1997)

Roof tiles made up of composites)

 In Aerospace

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 Woven fiber composites

• Woven fiber composites are a class of textile

composite materials with a fully integrated,
continuous fiber network; provide excellent
integrity and conformability for advanced
structural composite applications.
 Comparison
• Unidirectional fiber • Woven fIber
• This fiber is created by • In woven fiber composites,
orientating all the fibers of fibers are woven in both
the reinforcement in one principal directions at right
direction. angles to each other which
• However in spite of its gives more strength than
excellent strength and unidirectional fiber.
unidirectional fiber
properties it tends to
delaminate more easily than
woven fabrics because there
are no significant fill yarn
tying the warped fiber in
place.