Composite materials have their microstructure designed in terms of their macroscopic constituents, e.g. fibers in a homogeneous matrix material. By controlling the choice of fibers, their volume ...

For the material illustrated, the volume fraction of the ductile matrix is large enough that it can take the increased load without failing. The composite continues to deform along the matrix ...

The numerical computing environment MATLAB will be used for matrix manipulation throughout the course. Composite materials are materials comprising two or more material phases with different physical ...

Composite materials are made from two or more different types of material. For example, MDF is made from wood fibres and glue, and fibreglass is made from a mesh of glass fibres set in a tough ...

A UB engineer has made the first observation of semiconducting behavior in a carbon composite material, a finding that could revolutionize the fields of "smart" structures and electronics. The ...