Infrastructure
Repair Of Infrastructure With Composites
Composites prove their mettle in large, demanding repairs and rehab.
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Composites for metal sign repair
Just like roadways and bridges, those omnipresent large aluminum highway signs — termed OSS (overhead sign structures) — can suffer from structural deterioration and corrosion. The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) inspected all of its OSS about five years ago and found that 10 percent of the
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Nanoparticles, nanotubes and nanocomposites
The first generation of nanofillers is emerging from R&D into commercial application in composites.
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COMPOSITES AND CONCRETE
The benefits of composite materials are well established in concrete reinforcement and construction.
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Carbon fiber raises consumer performance index
Carbon bridges gap between large-volume sporting goods and aerospace to satisfy discriminating tastes in consumer and professional markets.
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Composites Cut Costs Of Repairing Corrosion-Prone Systems
Composites materials and processing methods extend the useful life of noncomposite structures in industrial and infrastructure systems.
Read MoreEditorial - 11/1/2004
The big issue at the recent Intertech conference in Hamburg was Is there enough affordable PAN-based carbon fiber to meet projected demand? More to the point, where will that demand come from and is it real? End users, especially outside the aerospace arena, say they are having trouble getting enough fiber and
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Are high-temp thermosets ready to go commercial?
Developed for the U.S. military, these high-performance matrices are branching out into wider use.
Read MoreComposites Past, Present and Future
Scott Hemphill is president of Hardcore Composites (New Castle, Del., U.S.A.). He earned a BS in engineering from the University of Delaware and since has accumulated 24 years of experience in the construction and composites industries. Hemphill holds three composites-related patents and currently has two additional
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Racing Veteran Fine-tunes Classic Competitive Concept
Hand layup of reinforced epoxy yields hybrid luxury powerboat/offshore racer.
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