Materials Testing

Composites 4.0

Schrödinger advances materials informatics for faster development of next-gen composites

Cutting time to market by multiple orders of magnitude, machine learning and physics-based approaches are combined to open new possibilities for innovations in biomaterials, fire resistant composites, space applications, hydrogen tanks and more.

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Repair

Determining steel/composite failure load of bonded repair assemblies

Bureau Veritas and partners use a novel equivalent interface test specimen and simulation to predict failure load in bonded composite patch repairs to steel structures.

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Radalytica advances multimodal 3D robotic scanner for composites, future aircraft inspection

Radalytica continues to develop its RadalyX nondestructive testing (NDT) system, merging diverse imaging methodologies for inspection in laboratories to aircraft hangars.

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Glass Fibers

ORNL demonstrates lightning strike protection tech for composites

Researchers, led by Vipin Kumar, developed a low-cost, recyclable carbon fiber wind turbine blade tip that showed resilience to high-voltage lightning strikes, with more innovations in store.

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The evolution, transformation of DEA from lab measurements to industrial optimization

Over the years, dielectric analysis (DEA) has evolved from a lab measurement technique to a technology that improves efficiency and quality in composites production on the shop floor.

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Proving thermoplastic composites match carbon fiber/epoxy performance in road bikes

CDCQ, LxSim, Addcomp and Argon 18 collaborate to optimize a carbon fiber/PA6 bike seat post, democratizing AFP and demonstrating materials and process for future designs and production.

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Carbon Fibers

University of Bristol launches composite materials to space for ISS testing

Next-gen carbon fiber materials will be tested under extreme conditions for 12-18 months to determine their viability in space for use in future space bases, interplanetary travel.

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Asahi Kasei launches cloud-based CAE platform for FRP deformation prediction

An on-demand mapping tool for anisotropic materials and polymer material fracture prediction model, i-Lupe, aims to help predict impact, crash behaviors.

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Prepregs

Thermoset prepregs meet lightning strike protection specifications

CAMX 2024: A.P.C.M. highlights how its range of epoxy prepreg offerings undergo and surpass lighting strike testing.

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Work In Progress

Laser-excited acoustics provide contact-free, nondestructive composites inspection

Xarion’s couplant-free NDT technology uses laser physics and a membrane-free optical microphone, eliminating the requirement for fluid coupling, widening the scope for NDT technology.

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