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Useful sites | Putting it together – the science and technology of composite materials

What's a composite? (about.com, USA)

A general introduction to composite materials.
http://composite.about.com/od/aboutcompositesplastics/l/aa060297.htm

What are composites? (Composites Institute of Australia)

A brief look at composites and their manufacturing advantages.
http://www.compinst.asn.au/industry.html

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

• Fibre reinforced polymers – from aerospace to infrastructure
  This 1999 article discusses the use of composite materials in four industries – aerospace, automotive, offshore oil and gas and construction.
  http://www.atse.org.au/index.php?sectionid=409

• Tomorrow's plastic cars
  This article looks at how fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites can be used in the automotive industry as alternatives to traditional materials.
  http://www.atse.org.au/index.php?sectionid=433

Clay based nanocomposites (Azom.com, Australia)

Provides information on nanoscale clay-polymer composites.
http://www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID=936

Introduction to composites in construction (Network Group for Composites and Construction, UK)

Broad range of information about composites in construction. Covers manufacturing techniques, engineering properties and designing with composites. Also has a glossary of terms used in the plastics industry. Written for those with little prior knowledge of composites.
http://www.ngcc.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=26&tabid=455

Carbon fibre cars (The Science Show, Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Discusses how researchers at Deakin University have produced a carbon composite which can be made more quickly and cheaply, which could make car bodies lighter and safer.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/stories/s1318436.htm