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This is done to exploit the best properties of each and reduce the effect of the weak properties We can improve strength, stiffness, fracture resistance, corrosion resistance, attractiveness, temperature susceptibility, thermal properties, etc. Have been used throughout history for CE applications: straw fibers in mud bricks, plain concrete, reinforced concrete, etc.
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Recently: fiber-reinforced polymers Generally, the constituent materials have significantly different properties Properties of composite material are significantly different than constituents Auto and aero industries use high strength composite metals to build lightweight vehicles Wood is a natural composite of cellulose fibers (cell walls) and lignin (glue)
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Fiber-Reinforced Particle-Reinforced
Microscopic composites include fibers or particles in sizes up to a few hundred microns Macroscopic composites have constituents of much larger size, such as aggregate particles and rebars in concrete
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Aligned Fibers
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continuous phase or matrix usually polymer (plastic) dispersed or reinforcing phase surrounds, suspends, and binds fibers or particles transfers load to them
much stronger than the bulk material (e.g., glass fibers are about 300x stronger that glass plates) Whiskers (very thin single crystals, high cost, poor bond) Fibers (glass, carbon and graphite, boron, ceramic, etc.) wires
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Fibers
protects them against environmental attack and damage due to handling generally harder and stiffer than the matrix phase
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Strengthen and wrap partially damaged columns and bridge supports Fiber-reinforced concrete Entrained air in concrete
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FiberReinforced Concrete
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Ec m E m f E f
Plain PCC Asphalt Concrete Engineered Wood
Xc m Xm f X f
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Ec
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Xm X f
Ec m E m K f E f
Where Kis a fiber efficiency parameter and K has a value of 0.2
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Summary
Combining different materials to produce a composite that has properties superior to the component materials has been practiced since ancient times. In fact, many of the conventional materials currently used in civil engineering are composites, including portland cement concrete, reinforced concrete, asphalt concrete, and engineered woods.
Summary
Composites are generally classified as either fiber or particle reinforced, depending on the nature of the dispersed phase material. The properties of composites depend on the characteristics of the component materials, the bonding between the dispersed and matrix phases, and the orientation of the dispersed phase.
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