CONSTITUENT, FABRICATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION

The following sections are included:

• Reinforcement Materials

  • Carbon fibers

  • Glass fibers

  • Aramid fibers

  • Other polymer fibers

  • Other types of reinforcements

• Reinforcement Forms

  • Woven preform

  • Braided preform

  • Knitted preform

  • Non-woven preform

• Matrix Materials

• Fabrication

  • Filament winding

  • Pultrusion

  • Extrusion

  • Injection molding

  • Compression molding

  • Thermoforming

• Characterization

  • Constituent properties

  • Composite properties

  • Nondestructive evaluation

  • Environmental considerations

• References