This document discusses composite materials, including different types like carbon fiber and fiberglass. It provides examples of how these materials are used in various sports equipment and vehicles. The document also outlines several roles involved with composite materials, such as engineers, scientists, technicians, and faculty. It discusses some advantages and disadvantages of composite materials, as well as how they are used in applications like aircraft, golf equipment, cycling, and more.

1. COMPOSITE MATERIALS
AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
-By
Sangeetha B

2. introduction
• I AM GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION
ON SPORTS PERFORMANCE RELATED
THINGS. AND I AM GOING TO TELL
YOU ABOUT THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
COMPOSITE MATERIALS. I AM GOING
TO TELL YOU THE ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES OF COMPOSITE
MATERIALS. ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT
WORK WITH COMPOSITE MATERIALS.

3. TYPES OF COMPOSITE
MATERIALS
THERE ARE VARIOUS TYPES
OF COMPOSITE
MATERIALS AND HERE
ARE TWO EXAMPLES:-
CARBON FIBRE AND
FIBRE GLASS.
CARBON FIBRES-THESE ARE
USED IN THE MAKING OF
SPORTS EQUIPMENT.
FIBRE GLASS:- IS USED IN
THE MAKING OF RACING
CARS AND OTHER SUCH
VEHICLES.

4. Engineer
• Engineers apply technology
to build things
• When it comes to building
composites just about all
engineers disciplines can be
involved. Specific
engineering tasks include,
stress analysis, structural
designs, materials
processing, control systems,
industrial processes, testing
and more Engineers must
have an under graduate
degree and many have
master degrees. Doctorates
are less common.

5. Scientists
• At the risk of
oversimplifying things,
Scientists develop the
technologies that engineers
apply. In general, then,
they are more involved in
basic research such as
material development and
structural theory. Of
course, many engineers
perform research, and
many scientists work on
engineering applications.
Most scientistshave
doctorates; fewer stop at a
Masters or Bachelors.

6. Technician
• At the risk of over
simplifying again, again
technicians are people who
do most of the hands-on
work. They lay up the
composites, do the
machining, and produce the
drawings. Technicians
develop highly specialised
skills, most of which are
learned on the job. A
vocational background or an
associates degree is
common.

7. Faculty (research)
• University faculty members
can be either engineers or
scientists, and the all most
exclusively hold doctoral
degrees. In contrasts to
industry engineers,
university professors in
engineering departments
focus more on research
than on manufacture of a
specific product. The
research, however, might
be orientated towards
industry interests such as
manufacturing processes.

8. Carbon fibre
• You can golf, ride,
sail, tennis, drive,
cycle, fish, decorate
or even fly carbon
fibre.
• AIRBUS A350
• The development of
this aircraft will see a
further significant use
of carbon fibre
composites. The whole
wing structure will be
made out or carbon
fibre.

9. Business
• Any company needs staff
for management, business
development, sales, quality
assurance, scheduling, and
other tasks which are not
directly technical. Some of
these positions require
detailed technical
knowledge, and they are
often filled by former
engineers or technicians.
Even though engineers might
have advanced might have
advanced degrees, some of
business courses or even an
MBA will help the transition
into management.

10. Recycling
• An important usage of concern
involves the materials entire
lifecycle, as carbon fibre
reinforced plastics have an
almost infinite lifetime. Some
companies are succeeding in
recycling this carbon fibre.
The recycling strategy centres
on milling, compounding or
shredding the reclaimed carbon
fibre, and finding use for this
end product in various
industrial applications (including
carbon fibres applications less
stringent than those required
by, say, the aerospace
industry). It is also commonly
used in electronics, such as
laptops, to lower the weight
load and to improve durability.

11. Advantages of composite
materials
• The advantages of
composite materials
are that they are
strong, don’t rust
easily and they are
not heavy in any
way.

12. Disadvantages of composite materials
• The disadvantages
of composite
materials are that
they are very
expensive to buy
and difficult to
stick to other
materials.

13. People who work with composite
materials
• The people who
work with composite
materials are :-
• *Footballers
• *Ice skaters
• *Basket ball players
• *Pilots
• *Builders etc.

14. Summary (what we found out
about)
• We found out about
composite materials
and what they are
and how they work,
what they are made
of and what they
are like to buy,
whether they are
expensive and what
they are like to
keep.

15. Jordan extreme boots
• Which air Jordan’s are the
lightest?
• Well most people would say
air Jordan xi are the
lightest but I don’t think it
has been proven.
• They are light, they have
speed lace toggles, heels,
PHYLON mid-sole, mid-foot
strap, ankle leash,
suspension, medial air vents
and carbon fibre shanks
plates.

16. Tennis rackets
• Ordinary rackets are made
of millions of carbon fibres
that are linked together
and then heat shaped but
when a racket is n-coded
nano sized silicone oxide
crystals permeate the voids
between the carbon fibres.
The results are two times
the strength, two times the
stability and 22% more
power than an ordinary
racket.

17. bicycles
• Team GB cycling team
were equipped with
carbon fibre bikes that
were designed and built
by ACG when they
competed at the
Athens Olympics in
august 2004 winning
two gold, one silver
and one bronze
between them.

18. References
• Needed: