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Tidal turbine blade toughened for turbulent salt sea
Demonstrator design proves robust blade destined for 10-MW tidal turbine farm.
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Yin and Yang
CT's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan highlights the beneficial role composites currently play in reducing costs and disruptions in commerce associated with rehabilitation of underground pipe and tanks.
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Structural health monitoring: Angling for the air
Structural health monitoring (SHM) systems for composite aerostructures have been slow to deliver on their promise, but a system developed by Luna Technologies (Roanoke, Va.) is on a glide path to implementation on in-service aircraft
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Will sequestration ground the F-35?
HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan stands on the U.S. federal budget cliff’s brink and takes a look over the edge at sequestration's potential effects on compistes-oriented U.S. defense spending.
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Off-grid turbine: Helix in the wind
This new composite twist on the vertical-axis wind turbine makes no small impact on the private power market.
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Old dogs, new tricks
CT Editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan wonders why the composites industry owns only a 5 percent share of the huge corrosion control market.
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Not your father’s machine tools
HPC's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan comments on the crucial roll manufacturers of drill tools play, today, in the ongoing effort to streamline the assembly of composite and metal structures using mechanical fasteners.
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Auto composites quest: One-minute cycle time?
Faced with high fuel prices and ever-more stringent restrictions on tailpipe emissions, automakers are taking composites into their own hands.
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CT editorial: Got ideas?
CT editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan pulls back the veil from CT’s story acquisition policy for those with a story to tell.
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Dust mitigation on a massive scale
Dust containment systems manufacturers talk about the recent philosophical trend from source-point capture to dust-mitigation chambers and the practical effects of such a massive shift.
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HPC editorial policy: Got ideas?
HPC Editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan say, "I am often asked by composites professionals how they can get their stories published or submit article ideas for us to pursue." Here's his answer.
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Trouble brewing
CT editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan comments on the worrisome developments in Greece and their implications for the world economy and the subset of it tht we call the composites community.
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