Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor

Workforce Development 31 Aug 2015

Aeroengine Composites, Part 2: CFRPs expand

Proven in fan blade/case applications, carbon fiber-reinforced polymers migrate to previously unanticipated destinations nearer the engine “hot zone.”

Adhesives 31 Aug 2015

Composites upgrade marine infrastructure

All-composite docks best concrete in cost and time and aim toward future fastener-less construction for greater savings and sustainability.

Consumer 26 Aug 2015

Automated preform process boosts properties and cuts cycle time

Fiber Patch Placement (FPP) achieves optimized fiber orientation for up to 150% increase in stiffness and reduced cycle time, weight and material waste.

Machining/Drilling 5 Aug 2015

Large-format CNC routing for large CFRP parts

5-axis CNC routers can provide fast, precision machining of increasingly larger parts, but also rapid payback.

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Aerospace 31 Jul 2015

Designing SHM systems

SHM systems must be designed properly, including self-diagnostic ability to ensure they function as designed.

NDI 31 Jul 2015

Structural health monitoring: The toolbox

There are a broad range of SHM technologies that take advantage of a variety of sensing mechanisms. Here's a short sketch of each, accompanied by tables that indicate current uses and developmental progress.

Infrastructure 31 Jul 2015

Structural health monitoring: NDT-integrated aerostructures

SHM moves from structural testing to an FAA-qualified inspection alternative, to reduce cost, streamline operations and mature toward lighter, more robust smart structures

Aerospace 31 Jul 2015

Structural health monitoring: Decades of demos build confidence

Current momentum in local structural health monitoring development can be credited to a great deal of developmental effort on the part of these system developers.

Aerospace 31 Jul 2015

Aeroengine Composites, Part 1: The CMC invasion

As pressure for commercial aircraft fuel efficiency continues to mount, ceramic matrix composites evolve as they battle metals for application in the engine hot-zone and elsewhere.

Sustainability 31 Jul 2015

Composites lighten driving simulator dome

A first for its codevelopers, Pagnotta Engineering Inc. (PEI, Exton, PA, US) and JRL Ventures (Cape Coral, FL, US), this low-mass enclosure spawned a new product venture for the pair in research-oriented driving simulation systems.