Research Article

Fabrication of Cement, Polymer, and Metal-Matrix Fibre Composites by Gravity-Assisted Liquid-Binder Infiltration: A Practical Approach

Table 2

Flow test results for magnesium phosphate/steel fibre arrays.

Volume fractionโ€‰โ€‰ ๐‘‰ ๐‘“ (%)Fibre spacing (horizontal) โ€‰โ€‰ ๐‘  โ„Ž (mm)Fibre spacing (vertical) โ€‰โ€‰ ๐‘  ๐‘ฃ (mm)Fibre diameterโ€‰โ€‰ ๐‘‘ (mm)Infiltration distanceโ€‰โ€‰ โ„Ž (mm) ๐‘  2 โ„Ž ๐‘  ๐‘ฃ / ๐‘‰ ๐‘“ ( m m 3 ร— 1 0 2 )

50.400.220.123.040.70
30.550.260.1210.12.62
20.590.270.1212.14.70
160.550.560.4210.31.06
150.620.580.4214.41.49
140.710.600.4243.22.16
160.590.500.5012.21.09
130.640.500.5017.11.58
80.680.500.5021.12.90