{"id":1752,"date":"2012-05-17T15:15:20","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T21:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/knowledge\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2020-03-24T10:27:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T16:27:57","slug":"design-principles-structural-composites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/1752\/design-principles-structural-composites\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Principles for Structural Composites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.ulprospector.com\/images\/webinars\/2012\/rtp-design-principles-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"165\" \/>Recorded May 17, 2012<br \/>\n<\/em>Presented by\u00a0RTP Company<\/p>\n<p>Fibrous reinforcements are used to enhance the mechanical properties of thermoplastics, but they also change the nature of these materials from isotropic to anisotropic. 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