COMPOSITE MATERIALS

HANDE PARLAK
Department of Mechanical Engineering, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, İzmir/Turkey
 WHAT IS COMPOSITE MATERIALS?

 A material system composed of two

or more physically distinct phases
whose combination pruduces
aggregate properties that are
different from when they are
separate.
 One material is continuous matrix
and other is reinforcement.

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 CLASSIFICATION OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

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 PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS

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 FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS

 Continious (Long) Fibers

 Discontinious (Short) Fibers

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 STRUCTURAL REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS

 Laminates

 Sandwich

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 FUNCTIONS OF MATRIX MATERIAL

 Protect phase from envinonment

 Transfer stress to phases
 Holds the imbedded phase in place
 When a load applied, the matrix shares the load
with the secondary phase

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 MOST COMMON MATRIX MATERIALS

Metal Ceramic
Polymer

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 METALS

 Good Conductors of Electricity And Heat

 Lustrous Appearance
 Susceptible To Corrosion
 Strong, but Deformable

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 CERAMICS & GLASS

 Hard
 Wear-resistant
 Brittle
 Refractory
 Thermal Insulators
 Electrical Insulators
 Nonmagnetic
 Oxidation Resistant
 Chemically Stable

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 POLYMERS & PLASTICS

 Low Density
 Low Mechanical Properties
 Poor Tensile Strength
 Good Moul Duability
 Poor Temperature Resistance
 Low Electrical Conductivities
 Nonmagnetic

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 HOW MATRIX MATERIALS CARRY LOAD?

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 COMPARISON of DENSITY

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 COMPARISON of ELASTIC MODULUS

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 COMPARISON of STENGTH

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 FUNCTIONS OF REINFORCEMENT MATERIAL

 Increasing Mechanical Properties

 Provide Stiffness and Strength

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 MOST COMMON FIBER MATERIALS
 Natural
 Synthetic
Vegetable or Cellulose
Rayon
Animal or Protein
Nylon
Minerals
Acrylic
Spandex
Polyester

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 Cellulose Fibers

 Cotton: vegetable fiber, strong,

tought, flexible
 Rayon: Chemically altered
celluber, soft versatile

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 Synthetic Fibers

 Nylon : Most durable of man-made fibers,

extremely lightweight
 Acrylic : Provides warmth from a
lightweight, soft and resilient fiber
 Spandex : Extreme elastic properties
 Polyester : Most widely used man-made
fiber

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 Recycle of Composite Materials

 It is important to consider
recycling composite
materials.
 Some of the materials are not
appropriate for recycling.
 Allowed recycled materials
need to prefer for
environmentally friendly
design

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