International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices
Volume 3, Issue 1 (2017)
Published
Table of contents
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A Mini Review on Properties and Application of Composite Materials
Abstract: This study demonstrates the need of composite materials over common materials. Using different molding methods, composite components are manufactured in different sectors. The primary advantage of composite is lightweight, relative stiffness and strength properties. The key concepts of composites are its physical properties, material properties, tooling, design, inspection and repair. Military vehicles, such as airplanes, helicopters, and rockets, placed a premium on high-strength, light-weight materials. While the metallic components that …
Published in International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 1–8 Read article
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Market Assessment of Polymer Matrix Composites
Abstract: Polymeric composition compound with a plasticizer or very low proportion of pigment or processing aids are nonordinary consider as a composition the goal is to improve strength stiffness or toughness or dimensional stability by embedding particles in matrix or binding phase. Polymer-matrix composites are valued in the aerospace industry for their stiffness, lightness, and heat resistance. They are fabricated materials in which carbon or hydrocarbon fibres (and sometimes metallic strands, …
Published in International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 16–22 Read article
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An Overview of Ceramic Matrix Composite
Abstract: Ceramic materials often exhibit a combination of useful physical and mechanical properties, including high refractoriness, but their applications are restricted due to their brittle behaviour; in an attempt to improve the strength, and particularly the toughness, of brittle ceramics particle-strengthening and fibre-reinforcement have been utilized, with limited success. The factors which affect the mechanical properties of these composite systems are discussed, and the various experimental systems that have been investigated …
Published in International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 23–26 Read article
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Status of Composite Materials in Automobile Sector
Abstract: Composite materials may someday have big advantages over steel in automobile manufacturing. Composites are being considered to make lighter, safer and more fuel-efficient vehicles. A composite is composed of a high-performance fiber (such as carbon or glass) in a matrix material (epoxy polymer) that when combined provides enhanced properties compared with the individual materials by themselves. Carbon-fiber composites weigh about one-fifth as much as steel, but are as good or …
Published in International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 27–30 Read article
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An Evaluation of Cracks Repairing Techniques in Metals
Abstract: Cracks are surface that develop in a material. Dissemination energy derived from mechanical, thermal, chemical, and metallurgical effects, or a grouping of these may affect crack beginning and growth. Numerous types of cracks exist in metals and can be characterized as grinding, solidification, cooling, crater, machining tears, plating, centerline, pickling, heat treatment, fatigue, creep, stress corrosion and hydrogen cracks. Cracks can grow and lead to complete fracture of the component …
Published in International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 9–15 Read article