Archive for the ‘composite materials’ Category

How much would a 30′ X 14′ deck cost to build (materials and labor)?

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Rural Pennsylvania Composite Materials 8' above the ground 2 levels with a two step down 1 set of stairs ---you got bout 420 square feet,,in Mississippi the going price is bout 10 dollars per sq ft,,,that s at ground level,,,being 8 ft. off ground you can expect to pay twice that or 20 ...

What composite materials are used in building structures?

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

I suppose even plain concrete is a composite of sorts, but steel reinforced concrete is clearly a composite and is used in huge quantifies in building structures. There is some use of more "high tech" composites, like fiberglass reinforced plastic. And even for some seismic retrofit applications exotic stuff like Kevlar ...

How come so many new airplanes nowaday are made out of composite materials?

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Why do aircraft makers deviate from the good old aircraft aluminium and wooden fabric materials. If the wheel isn't broken why fix it ? The objective is to make the aircraft lighter without sacrificing any necessary structural strength. A lighter aircraft can carry more payload with less fuel. The only problem is ...

How are fatigue failures in composite materials repaired?

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

The B787 is made from composite materials. Just like in metals, fatigue cracks are expected to occurr and must be repaired. Am no expert in composite structures, but do know that carbon fiber components are nearly fatigue proof, and do not experience fatigue damage as do metal structures. The composites ...

what is the limitations of composite materials?

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

like glass-fibre reinforced plastic how long their life span? and due to any pressure or anything? will glassfibre break or it will last? Well, the glass fibre portion of the composite is the most stable part of the mix. It will last for many decades without problems. The tougher part is the ...

how could composite materials be used with electronics?

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Composite materials are 2 or more complimentary materials put together. Can be hard to recycle like plastics and lamenents. How they can be used with electronics depends on your reason for use. Do you want them to work together or are you trying to fuse the two. Plastic is a ...

do you know a website that i can find out about composite materials?

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

like the meaning,its uses,the components n etc.. You can find information on this site: http://composite.about.com/

What is the uses of cmposite materials in our daily life?

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

The uses of the composite material in daily life which related to the chemistry.If not,just the uses of composite materials in daily life which happen around us. I would like the answers to be more details like what kind of composite materials it is and waht is the uses.Since I'm going ...

Are component and composite video cables made of the same materials?

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

They both have RCA jacks, so I was wondering exactly what the physical difference is: what kind of wire, shielding, etc. In most cases they are exactly the same cable. 75Ω Nominal impedance for video bandwidth. It when you use a professional set up with the much different 110Ω impedance interconnects ...

What are two examples of composite/synthetic/natural materials?

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

two examples of each. thanks Composite - A rock (an assemblage of many minerals), Air (an assemblage of many gases) Natural material - Wood, soil Synthetic material - Plastic, Glass