Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Composite materials (or composites for short) are engineering materials made from two or more components. One component is often a strong fibre such as fiberglass, kevlar or carbon fibre that gives the material its tensile strength, while another component is often a resin such as epoxy that binds the fibres together and renders the material stiff and rigid. Examples of composite materials: glass-reinforced plastic or GRP metal matrix composites Chobham armour (see composite armour) plywood This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.