Usually it consists of crystals of a very hard substance embedded in a softer (more flexible) substance.
A. T. DiBenedetto has written: 'A study of the fatigue behavior of fiber reinforced composites' -- subject(s): Fatigue, Fiber composites, Graphite composites 'The structure and properties of materials' -- subject(s): Materials
The population of Scaled Composites is 200.
Scaled Composites was created in 1982.
Firehole Composites was created in 2000.
Combination of two or more materials
Currently it's not entirely possible, although wings and a lot of the overall structure is already made of composites. It is theoretically possible to build an entire craft w/o metal, but it is quite unlikely that it would happen. Some parts are more beneficial than others to build out of composites, and some parts are outright difficult to build out of composites. And believe it or not, but the military is actually concerned with cost. If metal is the obvious choice from engineering reasons, they wouldn't want to pay extra to get the part made from composites just because.
Jonathan A. Lee has written: 'Metal and polymer matrix composites' -- subject(s): Metallic composites, Polymeric composites
LeRoy W. Davis has written: 'Metal and ceramic matrix composites' -- subject(s): Ceramic-matrix composites, Fibrous composites 'Methods of making metal matrix composites'
Thomas S. Gates has written: 'Rate dependent constitutive models for fiber reinforced polymer composites' -- subject(s): Mathematical models, Fibrous composites, Constitutive equations, Fiber composites, Polymer matrix composites, Viscoplasticity, Prediction analysis techniques, Viscoelasticity, Polymeric composites
Oh sure. Carbon fiber frames are composites, and quite popular.
complexes.
how composites have aided in the Olympic sport of speed skating