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Upsizing blade test regimes
As composite rotor blade size grows, research groups act to meet the urgent need for physical testing facilities with large-blade capacity.
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Quiet revolution: Composites in EVs
Startup automakers make use of composite body/chassis components to extend the range of hybrid-electric and battery-electric vehicles.
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Carbon Fiber: UP!
Despite 2008-2009 recession lows, prognosticators at CompositesWorld's recent Carbon Fiber Conference predict a decade of highs.
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Paris 2010: JEC Composites and SAMPE Europe Preview
JEC’s industry-leading trade exhibition and SAMPE Europe’s International Conference again shed light on composites in the City of Lights.
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The key to CNTs: Functionalization
An emerging supply base is integrating carbon nanotubes into commercial products that enable composites manufacturers to optimize part performance.
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COMPOSITES 2010 Las Vegas Preview
ACMA’s annual COMPOSITES+POLYCON event acquires a shorter name and heads inland to the U.S. Desert West.
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The cost equation
Keynote speakers at CompositesWorld Expo 2009 delivered news both sobering and encouraging to those who are trying to predict what the future holds for composites in the postrecession manufacturing economy.
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Tough I-beam bridge for tank traffic
Immiscible polymer blending combines the strength of HDPE and the stiffness of glass-reinforced PP to create I-beams with specific strength greater than steel.
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A convergence of market outlooks
At the recent CompositesWorld Expo, held Oct. 28-30 in Schaumburg, Ill.
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On the waterfront: Composite marine piles build on success
Composite sheet pile competes against heavy-gauge steel while composite round piles enhance their position in the market and target wider acceptance in structural applications.
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