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Generate your Abstract and line of thought
using the following keywords:
Composite material: composite laminates; Testing: mechanical, water
vapor transmission test.
Discuss the following topics in correct language
and organized flow of ideas within your introduction:
1. Definition of composite materials, their different types.
2. Lamination reinforcement.
3. Typical applications: laminated glass reinforcement, milk packaging
(in details).
4. Advantages and limitations of laminated reinforcement.
Include a full account for the experimental procedures.
1. Mechanical Testing: tension tests
2. Water Vapor Tranmission Test (WVTT)
Required Analysis
-Comparative stress-strain diagrams for the four specimens.
-Effect of the laminating material on the water-vapor transmission.
--The following sites and books contain useful information and images for several articles that we have encountered in this experiment. Make sure to check them.
Kalpakjian, Serope. Manufacturing Process for Engineering Materials. Addison Wesley, 3rd Ed., 1997.
Smith, William F. . Principles of Materials Science and Engineering. McGraw Hill, 3rd Ed., 1996.