Questions tagged [carbon-fiber]
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Database for stiffness matrix?
I have searched everywhere for the stiffness matrix of GFRP, but there isn't a single paper or site that experimented the full matrix. Is there any sort of database for the stiffness matrix of many ...
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How much force can a carbon fibre tube withstand? [closed]
If I lay a carbon fibre tube 1 mm thick with and outer diameter of 25 mm on the ground, how much weight can it withstand before it cracks? What thickness should the tube be to withstand up to 200 Kg?
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Mechanical design estimates with carbon fiber rods
I'm intending to do a little hobby project in robotics. I was thinking about using carbon fiber rods to get a stiff, strong and lightweight design for certain parts instead of my 3D printer. But I ...
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Welding Carbon fibre
How do you weld carbon fibre to another piece of carbon fibre? If it can't be welded together what other solutions are there for connecting carbon fibre together?
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Why do they vacuum pump the carbon fiber fabric?
I have seen plenty of YouTube videos in which they use carbon fiber fabric to build various things. One such channel is Mike's Patey's channel where he makes amazing aircrafts from carbon fiber.
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What is the compressive strength of carbon nanotube reinforced polymer?
What is the range of compressive strength of carbon nanotube reinforced polymers?
Although CNT's themselves have phenomenal (oriented) compressive strength, and one can find references to that, CNRP'...
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Carbon Nanotubes as muscles?
I was wondering why carbon nanotubes are not used as artificial muscles yet? I mean they behave similar to real muscles, only that they expand horizontally. What are the current challenges that ...
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What steel to use? What thickness and width? What angles to use? [closed]
I am trying to develop my own spring steel version of a carbon fiber running blade that you might see in the paralympics. Except mine is for someone who still has their foot/leg. Nothing like that ...
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Why are parts from carbon fiber stiff?
I have noob question,I dont understand why are parts made from woven carbon fiber composite stiff.
I understand that carbon fibers are strong and have high Young modulus,its stiff and strong when the ...
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Is triaxial carbon fiber gimmick?
Is there any benefit to using triaxial weave pattern instead of common twill?
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Why is graphlite so strong in tension?
This comes from the composites store website:
These high performance carbon shapes are produced by packing a high volume of carbon fiber into epoxy resin under tension resulting in an unmatched ...
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home-made pultruded components?
If I make a sandwich of wood, thin plastic, carbon-fiber tow (cut to about a foot long) impregnated with epoxy to the right ratio, thin plastic, and wood, and clamp it together and leave it, will I ...
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How is a carbon fiber chassis made one piece?
How is such a one piece car chassis from carbon fiber made at one piece?
Do they make the parts individually and bond it some way that it is extremely durable bond?
What bonds are really durable for ...
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How can I stop carbon fibre mat from fraying?
I want to use a woven carbon fiber tube in cloth form to act as an acoustic absorber in a 40 mm internal diameter pipe. The bad news is that it has to carry a variety of solvent/air mixtures at ...
