July-December 2011 ©Universiti Malaysia Pahang METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE BRAKE ROTOR: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS A.A. Adebisi*1‚ M.A. Maleque1‚ M.M. Rahman2 Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering International Islamic University Malaysia‚ Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering‚ Universiti Malaysia Pahang 26600 Pekan‚ Kuantan‚ Pahang‚ Malaysia E-mail: debisi1@yahoo.com 1 ABSTRACT Metal matrix composites (MMCs) have become attractive for engineering
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Composite materials A composite material consists of two or more physically and/or chemically distinct‚ suitably arranged or distributed phases‚ with an interface separating them. It has characteristics that are not depicted by any of the components in isolation Most commonly‚ composite materials have a bulk phase‚ which is continuous‚ called the matrix‚ and one dispersed‚ non-continuous‚ phase called the reinforcement‚ which is usually harder and stronger. The arrangement of the fiber in the matrix
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reasons for using thermoplastic composites: * save time & handling costs in production * eliminate labour-intensive riveting & bonding * can produce large profile sections that are some 20 % lighter than metal & alloys. * materials are exceptionally stiff and can tolerate vibrations A380 (largest passenger plane) - 25 % of the structure & components are composites. And in the next generation of aircraft‚ the content of composites will double. A350 is expected
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Seperatation Technqiues of Sand/Salt/Water Mixture Most of the material that are encountered in everyday life are not pure substances. Materials ranging from cement‚ food and ink are formed from physical combinations of various substances called mixtures. A mixture is a type of material that consists of two or more different substances that are not chemically combined. All mixtures can be separated back into its original state except for those that undergo irreversible change. A mixture can take
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comrlocatermsec Metal nanoparticles for the production of carbon nanotube composite materials by decomposition of different carbon sources A. Weidenkaff a‚ ) ‚ S.G. Ebbinghaus a ‚ Ph. Mauron b‚ A. Reller a ‚ Y. Zhang a ‚ A. Zuttel b ¨ a Institute of Solid State Chemistry‚ UniÕersitat Augsburg‚ UniÕersitatsstr. 1‚ D-86159 Augsburg‚ Germany ¨ ¨ b Physics Department‚ UniÕersite de Fribourg‚ Perolles‚ CH-1700 Fribourg‚ Switzerland ´ ´ Abstract Carbon nanotube composite materials were
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Composites: Part B 44 (2013) 120–127 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Composites: Part B journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/compositesb Green composites: A review of adequate materials for automotive applications Georgios Koronis ⇑‚ Arlindo Silva‚ Mihail Fontul Instituto Superior Tecnico‚ Mechanical Engineering Department‚ Lisbon‚ Portugal a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t This study provides a bibliographic review in the broad field of green composites
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Final Essay Amalgam Vs. Composite; Which one is the better of the two? There are two types of dental fillings that most people know about‚ the amalgam also known as those big silver fillings‚ which seem to be not the prettiest looking ones in your mouth. Or the other choice is the composite also known as tooth-colored fillings‚ which you can’t even tell they are in there. The most common known that has been used for over one hundred and fifty years is the amalgam. The newest craze
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Composite Materials A composite is a combination of two or more materials bonded together to gain some overall necessary goods. Types of composite include: laminated materials fibre composites particle composites. A laminate contains thin pieces of material fused together. Common examples are plywood and car windscreens. Wood is durable when exposed to a ductile force equivalent to its grain‚ but if the strength is across the particle it splits simply. A windscreen is made in a parallel way; two
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The composite or white fillings offer various advantages over amalgam. The majority of today’s patients will choose white fillings over silver. The reason for that is the mercury in the amalgam is often viewed as potentially toxic and cause sensitivity. Depending on which tissue it settles in‚ it will differ from one person to another. The suggested answer is that mercury from fillings doesn ’t cause a specific disease. It causes poisoning‚ and a very small number of people are allergic to metals
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Composites Science and Technology 61 (2001) 1253–1264 www.elsevier.com/locate/compscitech Preparation‚ structure‚ properties and thermal behavior of rigid-rod polyimide/montmorillonite nanocomposites Rathanawan Magaraphan a‚*‚ Wittaya Lilayuthalert a‚ Anuvat Sirivat a‚ Johannes W. Schwank b a The Petroleum and Petrochemical College‚ Chulalongkorn University‚ Bangkok 10330‚ Thailand b University of Michigan‚ Ann Arbor‚ Michigan‚ USA Received 10 August 1999; received in revised form 20 November
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