Sara Black Senior Technical Editor Emeritus
High-precision carbon fiber pultrusions for CERN
Tight-tolerance composite structures enable one of the world’s leading laboratories for particle physics.
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Bio-based composite bridge in The Netherlands
This summer, FiberCore Europe joined forces with TU Delft and Schiphol Logistics Park, and other firms and local agencies, on the design and construction of an ecologically sustainable composite footbridge made with bio-based materials.
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Personal aircraft and composites at EAA AirVenture 2018
Many of the aircraft at the AirVenture 2018 show in July 2018 were composites-intensive and represent innovative designs and concepts.
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Where to eat in the Big D, day or night
You won’t go hungry in Dallas, thanks to an abundance and variety of food and restaurant choices.
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A fascinating inside look at a marine design – three decades ago
Fabricated by Gougeon Manufacturing in 1990, Incognito is a composite catamaran that’s still setting speed records and besting much newer craft.
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Roth filament winder to facilitate major Ariane 6 weight/cost cuts
One of the world’s largest filament winding systems will soon begin manufacturing components for the Ariane 6 space launch vehicle, which is expected to transport satellites into Earth orbit for the European Space Agency (ESA) as early as 2020.
Read MoreBrexit and US/China trade war aside, aeromarket to surge
In the lead-up to the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow (held July 16-22 in Farnborough, UK), aerospace industry pundits were asking a lot of worried questions. But when the show started, none of that seemed to matter in the light of OEM market predictions.
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Hell’s Bay skiff redesign repeats win in clean water benefit race
Open sea boat racing has proven a perennially fruitful opportunity for boat designers and builders to hone their composites skills, and the recent third running of the Skiff Challenge — a 1,600-mile endurance race around the Florida coastline, was no exception.
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Graphene goes industrial without a bang
SWNT-based filler prevents tank explosions without limiting product performance.
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Air travel with a personal touch
EAA’s 2018 AirVenture at Oshkosh, WI, US happened during the last week of July and as always offered up a banquet of news and innovative new products, including flying cars, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) personal air vehicles and combinations of the two. One of these concepts, called BlackFly and on display at Oshkosh for the first time, caught my attention.
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Finally: Proposed legislation promotes composites for infrastructure
ACMA has announced that Congress has introduced new legislation to encourage research and deployment of innovative construction techniques and materials in infrastructure.
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