Recently added articles from Advanced Composites Bulletin:
Long carbon fibres could improve blast resistance of concrete.(CONSTRUCTION)
Dec 01, 2009 ... US researchers will explore the potential of long carbon fibres for improving the blast and impact resistances of concrete after winning funding for the work Funding of $567 000, through a cooperative agreement with the Leonard Wood Institute of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, has ...
Composite Crew Module developed for launch vehicles.(AEROSPACE)
Dec 01, 2009 ... A full-scale crew module structure built of composites has been delivered to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Composite Crew Module (CCM), manufactured by Alliant Techsystems (ATK) of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, is said to have the potential to reduce the ...
Nanotube-reinforced traffic bridge opened.(CONSTRUCTION)
Dec 01, 2009 ... A bridge that is believed to be the first balsa-cored deck project to contain single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), as well as being the largest nanotube-reinforced object to be moulded to date, has been opened to traffic in Lousiana. Alcan Composites Core Materials of Sins, ...
Commercial interest in curing using a microwave oven.(AEROSPACE)
Dec 01, 2009 ... GKN Aerospace is purchasing its first industrial standard microwave oven, becoming one of only a few industrial organizations worldwide to own such a machine for its own research use. GKN, of Redditch, UK, intends to turn this research into industrially ready processes for the fabrication ...
Collaboration to develop glass fibre-reinforced plastic footbridge.(CONSTRUCTION)
Dec 01, 2009 ... A pedestrian bridge made entirely of glass fibre-reinforced plastic (GFRP), which is said to outperform conventional steel and concrete in terms of weight and load-bearing ability, has been unveiled. The bridge is a joint venture between DSM Composite Resins of Shaffhausen, Switzerland, ...