Development of A Flexible Composite Material

Composite Material: A Review over Current Development and Automotive Application

The importance of materials in modern world can be realized from the fact that much of the research is being done to apply new materials to different components. However it is natural for a design engineer to rely on trusted and tested materials, but now the world is changing .Today composite materials have changed all the material engineering. The evolution of composite materials has given an ...

An efficient strategy for development of flexible learning material

In recent times there has been a proliferation of activity in the area of flexible learning for tertiary institutions [l], [2], [3]. Some of the reasons for this interest are that 1) students have more options as to when and how they will learn, 2) distance education is far more practical, 3) staff teaching time can be reduced substantially in the long term, and 4) the computer animation achiev...

Bone: A Composite Natural Material

Composite materials are solids with two or more distinct constituents at a larger scale than an atomic one (Hull, 1981). In accordance to this definition, materials or biological tissues such as wood, dentin and bone are regarded as composite natural materials (Cowin, 2001; Lakes, 2003; Park & Lakes, 1992). Bone is regarded as a natural composite material, which appears as it is in nature, rath...

Silicon/single-walled carbon nanotube composite paper as a flexible anode material for lithium ion batteries

The Flek-shin: a composite material for use in flexible shank below-knee prostheses.

Introduction Conventional below-knee prostheses are manufactured of rigid materials for durability and stability. The use of glass fibre and resin composite materials to form the rigid shank of the below-knee prosthesis is well established in many countries and forms part of the modern practice of cosmetic prosthesis manufacture. While these materials are strong, durable , easily worked and cos...