Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

<p>Composites are the most promising material available in the twenty-first century. Composites reinforced with synthetic or natural fibers are becoming extremely prevalent as the demand for lightweight materials with high strength for specific applications grows. Fiber-reinforced polymer composite has a high strength-to-weight ratio and excellent properties such as high durability stiffness damping property flexural strength and resistance to corrosion wear impact and fire. Various properties of composite materials have led to applications in construction aerospace automobile biomedical marine and many other industries. Because their constituent elements and manufacturing techniques primarily determine the performance of composite materials the functional properties of various fibers available worldwide their classifications and the manufacturing techniques used to fabricate the composite materials must be investigated.</p>