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When considering materials for load-bearing applications, designers are increasingly examining the advantages of using plastics materials, both thermosets and thermoplastics, instead of traditionally accepted materials and, in particular, metals. Thermoplastics have three main advantages, their low specific gravities, their low energy requirements for manufacture and their low costs of fabrication, particularly by the injection moulding route.
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Collyer, A.A., Clegg, D.W. (1986). An Introduction to Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics. In: Clegg, D.W., Collyer, A.A. (eds) Mechanical Properties of Reinforced Thermoplastics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4193-9_1
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