Fabrication technology and material characterization of carbon fibre reinforced magnesium

Carbon fibre and textile reinforced lightweight materials with selected magnesium alloy matrices have been strongly considered nowadays for lightweight applications under complex dynamic and static operating loads, e.g. in automotive engineering. Thereby, especially continuous fibre reinforcement increases the application potential of this novel material group considerably. The priority objectives of the reinforcement of magnesium are to increase the stiffness and strengths of the material and to reduce its pronounced tendency to creep, whereas the inserted fibre reinforcement effects directional-controlled material properties. The specific development of structures made from new magnesium matrix composites particularly requires adapted fabrication technologies as well as practical calculation and design plans, which realistically consider the anisotrope material behaviour.