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Couldn't you reinforce aluminum with glass-fiber too (or carbon-fiber)?


You can. Here's one company that does (ceramic) fiber reinforced aluminum.

http://specmaterials.com/fra.html

There's lots of research literature on carbon nanotube reinforced aluminum.


I guess you could try to make a composite steel-aluminium material, as the steel has a yield point and will take the load when stretched. But I doubt it will work good for compression.




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