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Marine composites: A new dawn?
Boatbuilders fared worse than automakers during the recent recessionary storm. As the dark clouds dispel, there is some light on the horizon.
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SPE's ACCE 2010 Highlights
The Society of Plastics Engineers’ Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition completed its first decade with a stellar slate of keynotes and papers.
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Politics and subsidies
Composite Technology's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan considers the implications for the U.S. composites industry of political calls to end the Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit for wind energy and other sustainable forms of energy production.
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IBEX 2010 Highlights
The world’s largest watercraft construction exhibition navigates new waters to its first inland rendezvous.
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Composites tap tide energy
Composites-enabled tidal stream energy projects lead the way as new forms of hydrokinetic power generation move toward commercialization.
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Improved intumescent: Topcoat allows better laminate performance
Applied to a cured laminate surface, a new intumescent topcoat provides Wright Composites (Galgorm, Ballymena, Northern Ireland) a passive fire barrier that permits the use of a laminating resin with less fire-resistant filler, making possible a tougher part.
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Corrosion resistance: Desert-bound chemical and potable-water tanks
RL Industries (Fairfield, Ohio) recently overcame logistical obstacles to successfully fabricate five large composite storage tanks for a chemical plant in Saudi Arabia.
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The short beam shear test
Dr. Don Adams (Wyoming Test Fixtures Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah) discusses short beam shear testing methodology.
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Structural armor or armored structures?
Either way, antiballistics engineers seek structural integrity and ballistic deterrence from a single design.
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Fastener shear test methods
Dr. Donald Adams (Wyoming Test Fixtures, Salt Lake City, Utah) appraises existing methods for testing the performance of fasteners loaded in transverse shear.
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Facing the military drawdown
HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan comments on the impact that military drawdowns in the Middle East might have on the U.S. composites industry.
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The Private Space Race
NASA passes the development torch to legacy contractors and NewSpace entrepreneurs, igniting a new competition in space transport.
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