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  Structural Studies on Glass Fiber Reinforced Poly-styrene Composites

  By Vinayak Gawande, Salil Paranjape, Akshit Garg, Swamini Chopra, Kavita Deshmukh, D.R. Peshwe

  Abstract: Polymers are used in various industries and majorly in aerospace and automobile industry where in fuel efficiency is a big challenge. Polymers are lightweight hence by volume they make up 50% of a new vehicle but by weight it is less than 10%. Current economic and environmental concerns make the creation of more fuel-efficient cars a top priority in the automotive industry. Hence the study of these polymers becomes very …

  Published in Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology · Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2021 · pp. 32–38 Read article →