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Infusion

Sitting pretty: Car seat concept scores a first

Automotive supplier’s reinforced thermoplastic back frame curtails weight and simplifies molding/styling tasks.

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Infusion

GFRP enables first grid-connected U.S. floating wind turbine

Composite tower on 1:8-scale system reduces hull size/weight and helps mitigate the overall cost of electric power generation.

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Marine

Public transit: Modular composites update Sao Paulo ferries

When the Brazilian state of São Paulo, through its state-controlled company DERSA, funded new composite superstructures for 12 existing car ferries, Barracuda Advanced Composites (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) specified materials and engineered the new design.

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Aerospace

Composites carry the Curiosity rover to a safe Mars landing

From launch to touchdown, composites performed in flight and stuck the landing!

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Out of Autoclave

SAMPE Tech Seattle 2014 at a glance

A short compilation of SAMPE Tech Seattle 2014 program highlights.

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Defense

SAMPE Tech Seattle 2014 Preview

The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering’s annual fall Tech conference is now a spring event.

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Infusion

The Learjet 85: Large step out of the autoclave

HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan examines the significance of the Bombardier Learjet 85’s first flight.

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Weaving

Quay cable tray: Composites upgrade container ship terminal

When the Cape Town, South Africa, Transnet National Ports Authority began a 12-month effort to expand its facility and upgrade its existing quays (wharfs), engineers realized that the Authority had a safety problem at its main container quay. Composites provided the solution.

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Carbon Fibers

Highlights: JEC Europe 2014

Composites enable high performance and lower weight in washtubs, wheelchairs and engine exhaust cones. Plus new, ultralight materials.

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Pressure Vessels

No-oven, No-autoclave (NONA)

Room-temperature cure epoxy composites with a 400°F Tg, comparable properties vs. commercial systems without external heat or post-cure, and offering reduced cost and cycle time. Really?

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