What, besides a car, would be considered a composite structure. Would plexiglass or bulletproof glass?
Materials such as plexiglass or bulletproof glass would all be considered composite *materials*, though not as composite *structures*. A composite structure is defined as a structure that is a combination of two or more materials, each of which retains it own distinctive properties. Thus, not even a car would be considered a composite structure. Although it uses many materials (steel, glass, etc), each piece of the car is made from one material (ie body from steel, window from glass, etc). Currently, few things are made from composite structures, as it is a relatively new technique. I know some experimental and modern fighter jets are incorporating composite structures to reduce weight. In them, a single member (such as a wing spar) is made from different materials along it’s length. It could be argued that steel reinforced concrete is a composite structure, depending on whether you view the concrete and the reinforcing members as separate members, or parts of the same member (eg a bri
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