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UoM E S1

Composites

Materials that are a mixture of 2 materials. Materials are combined together to get the advantages of two materials.

Examples

  • Concrete (conventional one)
  • Fiber glass (GFRP)

Fiber glass is a combination of glass and plastic. Not brittle. The procedure to creating fiber glass:
glass => fiber (a shape not material) => add plastic == fiber glass