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This. Drop a MacBook (or any other aluminum gadget) and it's bent out of shape forever. Good plastic (glass-fiber or carbon-fiber reinforced) is generally... p
by laurentdc 10y ago
This. Drop a MacBook (or any other aluminum gadget) and it's bent out of shape forever.
Good plastic (glass-fiber or carbon-fiber reinforced) is generally... plastic.
- wlesieutre 10y agoIf that's a materials pun, it's actually the opposite. A dent that bounces back to its original shape is elastic. Plastic deformation is the metal phone that stays dented after the force is removed.
- laurentdc 10y agoRight! Took physics way too long ago.
- adrianratnapala 10y agoErr, it seems that the complaint here is that aluminium deforms plastically while plastic deforms elastically. This is why English is fun.
- awqrre 10y agoCouldn't you reinforce aluminum with glass-fiber too (or carbon-fiber)?
- kpil 10y agoI guess you could try to make a composite steel-aluminium material, as the steel has a yield point and will take the load when stretched. But I doubt it will work good for compression.
- ridgeguy 10y agoYou can. Here's one company that does (ceramic) fiber reinforced aluminum. http://specmaterials.com/fra.html http://specmaterials.com/fra.html There's lots of research literature on carbon nanotube reinforced aluminum.
- notJim 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi :)