03-03-2010, 06:15 PM
CARBON FIBRES
ABSTRACT
Steel and other hard construction materials have revolutionized the field of industry. Now, a stage has come that there is a need of a better material to catch up with the growing needs and demands of the modern society. This need has bought up a newer material to the field which is now known as Carbon Fibres. Carbon fibre is one of the latest reinforcement materials used in composites. It's a real hi-tech material, which provides very good structural properties, better than those of any metal. Carbon fibre has a tensile strength almost 3 times greater than that of steel, yet is 4.5 times less dense. Carbon fibers are carbon fibres with values of Youngâ„¢s modulus between 150 and 275 to 300 GPa.
