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Fibre reinforced polymers |
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Fibre reinforced polymers are composite materials consisting of fibres dispersed in a continuous matrix phase. Due to a number of characteristic advantages, fibre reinforced polymers have a great future potential for railways and other transportation technologies. Because of their low weight they can make a decisive contribution to the design of light-weight vehicles.
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Technology field: Mass reduction
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General information
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General criteria
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Environmental criteria
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Economic criteria
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Vehicle - fix costs: medium |
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Vehicle - running costs: significant reduction |
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Infrastructure - fix costs: none |
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Infrastructure - running costs: unchanged |
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Scale effects: high |
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Amortisation: not applicable |
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Application outside railway sector
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Overall rating
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date created: 2002-10-09 |
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© UIC - International Union of Railways 2003 |
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