Questions tagged [composite]
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Seeking Advice: Improving Resin Application in Honeycomb Lamination for a Sustainable Project
I am trying to laminate a honeycomb structure with a fiberglass and resin reinforcement. However, I have problems because a large amount of resin falls through the holes of the honeycomb and the final ...
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How would you go about the steel columns being adjacent where an expansion joint is expected?
The building is a steel building with a composite slab.
The expansion joint is required because the building is 60m in length.
The problem is where the expansion joint is expected, the columns are ...
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Case studies in Carbon Fiber composite tubes to verify FEA
Whenever I build a model of something new, I like to have some analytical results that I can compare with my model so I can reassure myself the model is correct. I have some resources that show me ...
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Why don't we calculate buckling in composite beams?
I have a frame, it consists of steel beams and my flooring is a composite deck. It consists of composite beams that are hinged to my steel frame beams. Composite beams do not transfer moments. Now, ...
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What does "dc" stand for in this Positive Bending Moment for Plastic resistance of a composite concrete slab formula?
I'm designing a building with a composite slab with profile sheeting and steel structure, while trying to test the resistance of the composite slab in "composite phase" to bending moment I ...
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Optimizing the layer lines of a 3d printed part, based on subjected forces
I was directed here from the 3d printing stackexchange...
For years I have been fortunate to only have had to make 3D prints that don't require a large amount of force on them. But recently (since ...
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Why the size of top and bottom rollers is different in three point bend test?
In a short beam shear testing of polymers, the configuration is such that the top (loading) roller is bigger than the bottom (support) rollers. Why is this the case, and what happens when the size of ...
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How to find Tensile Modulus of a layer of Plain Woven GFRP with GSM of Fabric given
I need to Input "E" the tensile modulus for analysis of a composite layer made from Plain Woven E-Glass Epoxy composite material.
I know the GSM (g/m^2) of fabric is 106.
Using GSM =106, ...
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Composite Beam Theory - Calculating torsion and beam deflection of a composite beam made up of a pipe inside a pipe
I am trying to calculate two things. First the beam deflection of my model after bending and second angle of twist after applying torque.
My model is composed of two tubes (cylindrical hollow beams). ...
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Confusion about boundary condition (steady heat conduction)
Given a composite material composed of two materials each having different thermal conductivities and heat flux vectors. This leads us to write the two properties as position dependent. One thing I ...
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Why don't people use sodium silicate to bind fiberglass instead of epoxy?
I tried to search for it, but I couldn't find any answer on the subject. I could only find that water glass is normally used mixed with other stuff like sand to make casting molds.
In my mind it would ...
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Failure criteria for CFRP single plate bolted joint
Which equation can be used to find failure based on ply orientation.
Tension,shear & bearing faliure to validate against fem analysis
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What Are The Recommended Binding Methods For A Carbon Fibre Chassis Frame?
I'm looking for a simple way (that doesn't require high pressure chambers or state of the art tools) to permanently bind a set of carbon fibre pieces in order to make the frame of a chassis that could ...
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Exactly what makes steel-concrete composite beam better than pure steel?
A composite action beam may have a concrete section the top, carrying the compression load, and steel at the bottom, carrying tension.
But I have always thought that concrete had lower strength for a ...
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why did my ceramic matrix composite turn out brittle as snow?
I have attempted making a ceramic matrix composite (cmc) by wetting glass fiber cloth with waterglass and baking it at 200°C. The resulting material disintegrated on touch. Unwetted fibers did not ...
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