Things like Badminton rackets, Tennis rackets, golf clubs, softball bats and hockey sticks. I know its light and all but what are the other reasons why is it used as a stick to hit objects? Can someone give me a detailed answer? Edit: Is tensile strength an important factor to making these sticks if so why?
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An answer that I don’t see others mention but worth noting… Carbon Fiber can be directionally strong.
Carbon Fiber is light, yes. And it’s strong, yes. It’s a weave of strands bound with epoxy. That weave part is important and it means that they can make it stronger/weaker against certain forces depending on how they weave it.
Granted, most consumer equipment probably doesn’t get that much attention along these lines (it might), but in theory at least, they can select weaves strong to select forces but will flex under other forces. For example, the first time i remember hearing about someone doing this was MotoGP motorcycle rear swing arms (again, very much not consumer, but still) since they can keep the swing arm stiff for side-to-side movement but let it flex a bit up and down to help absorb bumps in the road.
The weave aspect of carbon fiber makes it a good choice for a lot of things because you can design in characteristics that can be controlled just by the type and direction of the weave
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