Fiber reinforced plastic

Description

Any of several polymers (acrylics, vinyls, polyolefins, phenolics, and polyesters)containing reinforcing fibers (asbestos, carbon, and glass). The most common fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) is the combination of an unsaturated polyester resin combined with glass fibers that is commonly called fiberglass.

Synonyms and Related Terms

FRP; fiberglass; GRP (glassfibre reinforced plastic); plástico reforzado con fibra de vidrio (Esp.); plastique renforcé à la fibre de verre (Fr.); plástico reforçado com fibras (Port.)

Examples: Alsynite; Corrulux; Filon; Indulux; Kalwall; Kalwood; Sanpan; Fiberglas

Additional Information

Anthony Walker, "Fiber Reinforced Plastic", in Twentieth-Century Building Materials, T. Jester (ed.), McGraw-Hill: New York, 1995.

Authority

• Thomas C. Jester (ed.), Twentieth-Century Building Materials, McGraw-Hill Companies, Washington DC, 1995

• The Dictionary of Art, Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: 'Plastics'

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000