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Fibre reinforced glasses and glass-ceramics

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Glasses and Glass-Ceramics

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Historically it can be said that the creation of new types of materials has opened major new avenues to achieving advanced engineering systems and designs. Over the past two decades we have witnessed revolutionary changes in a broad spectrum of applications due to the development of fibre reinforced composites. From sporting goods to industrial and aerospace applications, the availability of these materials has freed the designer from the constraints of metals technology and permitted the development of higher performance systems. This progress has not taken place without difficulty. It has required a whole new way of designing to take into account the tailorability and anisotropy of material properties as well as a whole new way of thinking about material toughness and reliability. These advanced composites, such as carbon fibre reinforced epoxy, exhibit tensile failure strains of less than 1–2% yet they are crack growth resistant and extremely reliable if used properly. It is this successful experience of the past 20 years which has opened up the current real possibility for the success of fibre reinforced ceramics.

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  1. Karl M. Prewo
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  1. Centre for Advanced Materials Technology, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Conventry, UK

    M. H. Lewis

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Prewo, K.M. (1989). Fibre reinforced glasses and glass-ceramics. In: Lewis, M.H. (eds) Glasses and Glass-Ceramics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0817-8_10

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