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CompositesWorld Investment Forum 2011 Highlights
When CIF conferees gathered, the subject was capital (its lack) and the prescription was scale up.
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Material deformation and recovery test methods
Dr. Donald F. Adams (Wyoming Test Fixtures Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah) reviews ways and means to quantify composite material deformation and recovery.
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The Plane in Spain
Site tours provide a rare glimpse into the Iberian Peninsula’s aerospace composites sector, with a special focus on Airbus’ activities at Illescas.
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SAMPE Tech 2011 in Texas
The Society’s annual fall gathering fills an exhibition hall this year nearly as big as the host state.
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A hidden revolution: composite rebar gains strength
Fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) replacing coated steel in more reinforced-concrete applications.
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IBEX 2011 Review
As the International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition & Conference again docks in Louisville, the industry continues a slow and tentative rebound.
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SPE ACCE 2011: Growing again
The Society of Plastics Engineers’ 11th conference on automotive composites fields a top slate of speakers and attracts its largest crowd.
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Carbon fiber composites: The past can be the future
JIm Stike, of Materials Innovation Technologies – Reengineered Carbon Fibers (Fletcher, N.C.), points to progress in the reclaiming of waste and end-of-life carbon fiber.
Read MoreNo disagreement on bonded repairs
The need for quality control in adhesively bonded structural composite repairs has stimulated much debate, particularly about a key question: Will bonded repairs be certified for A350 and 787 primary composite fuselage structures?
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Antiballistic composites: Course corrections
Changes in the military theater are rewriting the script for composites in ballistic protection applications.
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