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Light-sport Plane Category Creates Take-off Point For Composites
Composites manufacturers and suppliers — and pilots — benefit from new FAA aircraft designation.
Read MoreAn Elegant Solution For A Big Composite Part
The rear pressure bulkhead for the Airbus A380 employs resin film infusion.
Read MoreAGATE Methodology Proves Its Worth
Increased availability, lower testing costs and shorter development times are among the program's achievements.
Read MoreManufacturers Welcome New Reinforcement Forms
Three-dimensional composites, structural preforms and unique materials expand design options and reduce cost.
Read MoreOffshore Applications: The Future Is Now
The number of composites installations continues to grow on new and existing offshore facilities.
Read MoreComplex Composites Lighten Nato Copter
Dutch consortium develops advanced composite critical landing gear that meets NH90 helicopter performance requirements.
Read MoreNew Options In Personal Ballistic Protection
Emerging materials and processing techniques expand choices for manufacturers of vests, helmets and shields.
Read MoreHigh-Performance Composites March 2003 Editorial
"Performance" seems to be the password to this issue of High-Performance Composites. Every article demonstrates the incredibly high expectations engineers place on composite materials and how new material options and improved processing technologies keep meeting those expectations. Technologies used since the
Read MoreFoam plays strategic role in rotorcraft structure
Eurocopter's Tiger helicopter incorporates an engine cowling stiffened with hat stringers made with ROHACELL XT polymethacrylimide (PMI) foam from Degussa Performance Plastics (Darmstadt, Germany). Previously, the approximately 1.5m/4.8-ft long and 0.8m/2.6-ft wide cowling was a solid laminate made with bismaleimide
Read MoreNew Lightweight Trailer Delivers Heavy-duty Performance
All-composite chassis and trailer design offers truckers increased cargo capacity plus greater durability.
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