4 Methodology and Management of a Design Project

4.1 Design Consideration
4.2 Requirements of Materials' Design
4.3 Structural Component Design Techniques
4.4 The Need for Design Management
4.5 The Design Process
4.6 Design Potential

4.1 Design Consideration

A polymeric composite material is made up of at least two materials : a fiber and a matrix.
These are combined to exploit the individual characteristics, thereby providing additional
qualities that they are unable to provide individually.

They are markedly from metals in the following ways :

1.  Composites are mostly orthotropic and inhomogeneous.
 2. Generally, stiffness is less than that of steels, leading to greater attention to local and
     overall structural stability.
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