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Some examples of man-made composites are presented in this chapter, sporting goods, wind turbine blades, aircraft structures, automobile structures, and home construction, which can provide an example of a broad range of composite structures in everyday life.
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Murr, L.E. (2015). Examples of Man-Made Composite Structures. In: Handbook of Materials Structures, Properties, Processing and Performance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01815-7_26
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