Status, Trends and Implications of Carbon Fiber Material Use.

Abstract

The overall objective of this study was to determine whether or not the future use of carbon fiber or graphite reinforced plastics (GRP) in either consumer goods or the industrial sector will be large enough to cause a disposal problem. In making this determination, it was necessary to analyze the technical and economic substitutability of GRP for materials currently in use. This analysis is sensitive to the projected price of GRP, development of competing technologies and government policies. On the basis of this analysis, the major uses of GRP were forecasted.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA305377

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Carbon Carbon Composites
  • Health Services
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Medical Personnel
  • Plastics
  • Reinforced Plastics
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Systems Analysis and Design