Carbon Fiber applied in construction

In the past 100 years, architects confined their designs to the use of traditional building materials such as wood, stone, steel, and concrete. However, today, composite materials are revolutionizing the field of architecture. As a new type of building material, composite materials feature characteristics such as high load-bearing capacity, light weight, and high strength. When applied judiciously in civil engineering, they can play a positive role in construction, especially with the application of fiber-reinforced composites. Due to their light texture and high hardness, fiber-reinforced composites are crucial in enhancing the quality of civil engineering projects. Simultaneously, they align with the development of the times, adhere to the principles of ecological civilization construction, are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and possess environmentally friendly properties, making them significantly meaningful for the development of civil engineering projects.

Composite materials are created by combining two or more materials to enhance their properties. Fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP), often utilizing aromatic polyamides, carbon fibers, glass fibers, and other reinforcing fibers, offer several advantages compared to metal materials. FRP exhibits high mechanical performance per unit density, with advantages such as high strength-to-weight ratio and excellent moldability. Therefore, composite materials hold several crucial advantages in the field of architecture, summarized as follows:

·Lightweight: Composite materials can provide higher strength-to-weight ratios than most metals or alloys.

·High Corrosion Resistance and Excellent Durability: Composite materials do not corrode like metals or degrade like wood. They exhibit long-term resistance to various chemical and temperature environments, simultaneously reducing daily maintenance costs.

·Design Flexibility: Composite materials allow for the precise creation of complex shapes, liberating architects and designers' creativity and providing greater design freedom. This flexibility enables the replacement of complex unit assemblies requiring multiple fasteners with individual composite components, offering broader application possibilities in the construction industry.

·Dimensional Stability: Composite materials maintain their shape and functionality even under severe mechanical and environmental stress.

Considering these advantages, carbon fiber fabric finds extensive application in the construction industry. It is not only used for reinforcing and repairing building structures, but carbon fiber reinforcement is also employed for flexural and shear strengthening of concrete structures. Moreover, it is widely used for seismic, crack, and corrosion reinforcement in various industrial and civil buildings and structures, providing higher load-bearing capacity and durability. In the future, carbon fiber fabric will continue to leverage its strengths, contributing more to the development of the construction industry.