Composite materials.
Description Hello, thank you for taking your time to look. Bellow is the brief and the questions to answer for my essay/report. You are an engineer (automotive) involved in the design of a high performance road car for a prestigious car company. Discuss why you believe composite materials and processes are needed for the production of the car. The following topics must be included in your assignment; each topic should be used to state your case for the use of composite material technologies. 1. Definition of composite materials 2. Pros/cons of composites over other materials 3. Different types of fibres used in composites, their advantages and disadvantages 4. The different types of resins used in composites, their pros/cons 5. The mould tools required and the variety of processes used in composites material manufacturing 6. Handling and storage requirements of composites 7. Health and safety procedures and regulations applicable to composite manufacture 8. The environmental concerns relating to synthetic resins and composite material manufacturing 9. Current and future trends and developments in composite material use 10. Conclusions and with and example of how a component could be produced for this high performance road car Minimum 6000 words, references must follow Harvard system and all quotes/pictures must be cited/annotated.