1. General trends
Organic matrix composites – mainly thermosetting – are now more than half a century old. Over the years, these materials have gradually gained market share thanks to a number of special features, including high specific properties, anisotropy and ease of processing. Marginal one-off applications and small-scale production methods have now been replaced by mass-market applications and industrial mass-production processes. The present, and undoubtedly the future, lies in structural composite parts produced using perfectly mastered industrial processes. Over the past decade, the aerospace industry has ceased to be the exclusive market for high-tech composite parts. These materials have now successfully penetrated the markets for technical and structural parts in the automotive industry (leaf springs, drive shafts, torsion bars) and for safety parts in the nuclear and offshore sectors (fire...
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Bibliography
References
Test equipment suppliers
Non-exhaustive list
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Testing laboratories
CETIM Centre technique des industries mécaniques.
ENSAM École nationale supérieure des arts et métiers de Paris.
École nationale supérieure des techniques industrielles et des mines de Douai
LNE Laboratoire national d'essais.
Pôle de plasturgie de l'Est.
Professional organizations
AMAC Association pour les matériaux composites.
CPC Centre de promotion des composites.
Fédération de la plasturgie.
GPIC Groupement de la plasturgie industrielle et des composites.
GPRMC Groupement européen des plastiques renforcés et matériaux composites.
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Standardization
- Glass-fibre reinforced plastics – Normal atmospheres for conditioning and testing. Classification number : T57-050 - NF T57-050 - Juin 1977
- Glass-fibre reinforced plastics – Definitions of visual defects. Classification number: T57-100 - NF T57-100 - Octobre 1973
- Textile glass-reinforced plastics – Prepregs, molding compounds and laminates – Determination of textile glass and mineral filler content. Calcination...
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