Carbon-fibre reinforced concrete-based

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Figure 20.50 Effect of PAN based carbon fibers on the tensile strength of cementitious composite. Source Reprinted with permission from Toutanji HA, El-Korchi T, Katz RN, Leatherman GL, Behaviour of carbon fibre reinforced cement composites in direct tension, Cement Concrete Research, 23, 618-626, 1993. Copyright 1993, Elsevier.

The modelling of the endurance of the thermoplastic materials reinforced with short fibres was mainly realised in the form of empirical equations, based on concrete experimental data [1296], The typical endurance curves for glass or carbon fibres reinforced nylon 6,6 are depicted in Figure 3.459. A normalised representation, with respect to shows that the degradation ratio of the composite material is 10%, irrespective of the nature of investigated material [1296]. 

Thus, substrates such as aluminium and its alloys, alloys of titanium, low- and high-carbon steels, nickel, copper, fibre-reinforced plastics (containing both thermoplastic and thermosetting matrices - in the latter case, the matrix might well also be a formnlated epoxy-based system), glass, concrete and wood are all encountered. This means that they can be, and indeed are, widely used in construction, aerospace, automotive (both original equipment and aftermarket), electrical and electronics, furnimre, foundry, consumer and abrasives applications. 

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