What are typical engineered composite materials?

For a specific carbon and glass fiber matrix composite material, it is often referred to as a "composite material. It is a material composed of two or more components with significantly different physical or chemical properties that, when combined, produce a Different properties of individual components. Each component remains separate and distinct in the finished structure, distinguishing composites from mixtures and solid solutions.

   New materials may have many advantages for many reasons: common examples include stronger, lighter or less expensive materials compared to traditional materials.

   Now, researchers are also actively incorporating sensing, actuation, computing and communication into composite materials, which are known as robotic materials.

   Typical engineered composite materials include:

  1. Reinforced concrete and masonry

  2, composite wood, such as plywood

  3. Reinforced plastics, such as fiber-reinforced polymers or glass fibers

  4. Ceramic matrix composites (composite ceramics and metal matrix)

  5. Metal matrix composites

  6. Other advanced composite materials

   Composites are commonly used in buildings, bridges and structures such as boat hulls, swimming pool panels, racing car bodies, showers, bathtubs, storage tanks, imitation granite and artificial marble sinks and countertops.