Glass fibers as engineering materials

Zhou Chen, Zhaofeng Chen, Tengzhou Xu, Jinlian Qiu, Jieming Zhou

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Abstract

Glass fibers feature extremely low thermal conductivity, high modulus, high toughness, light weight and non-combustible property. These materials can work in situations in which plastics and metals would fail and need to be part of designer's repertoire. They have many applications in design engineering and can solve many special problems. This paper contains a number of chapters as follows: introduction to glass fibers, manufacturing processes of glass fibers, markets and applications of glass fibers. The conclusion of this paper contains some strategic lines of glass fibers usage in industry and estimations about the future development of glass fibers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFrontiers of Manufacturing and Design Science II
Pages181-185
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Conference on Frontiers of Manufacturing and Design Science, ICFMD 2011 - Taichung, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: 11 Dec 201113 Dec 2011

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume121-126
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Frontiers of Manufacturing and Design Science, ICFMD 2011
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityTaichung
Period11/12/1113/12/11

Keywords

  • Applications
  • Engineering materials
  • Glass fibers

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