10/13/2015
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Composites
Art Ian G. Bautista, ECE, ECT
Why Study Composites?
•to design materials having property
combinations that are better than those found
in the metal alloys, ceramics, and polymeric
materials.
•Many of our modern technologies require
materials with unusual combinations of
properties that cannot be met by the
conventional metal alloys, ceramics, and
polymeric materials. This is especially true for
materials that are needed for aerospace,
underwater, and transportation applications .2
Composite
- are artificially produced multiphase
materials having desirable combinations
of the best properties of the constituent
phases.
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Principle of Combined Action
- better property combinations are
fashioned by the judicious combination of
two or more distinct materials
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•In designing composite materials, scientists
and engineers have ingeniously combined
various metals, ceramics, and polymers to
produce a new generation of extraordinary
materials.
•Most composites have been created to
improve combinations of mechanical
characteristics such as stiffness, toughness,
and ambient and high-temperature
strength.
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Phases of Composite Materials
•Matrix –is continuous and surrounds the
other phase.
•Dispersed phase
(Reinforcements)
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