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Tailoring Composite Materials

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The techniques that are used to tailor composite materials in order to achieve improved properties – as needed for a variety of applications – are covered in this chapter. These techniques include the selection and modification of the components and the engineering of the interfaces in the composite. An example of an interface is that between the reinforcement and the matrix. Interfaces can greatly affect the properties of a composite.

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(2010). Tailoring Composite Materials. In: Composite Materials. Engineering Materials and Processes. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-831-5_6

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