When it comes to thin-wall tubes for applications requiring high stiffness and robustness, metals were traditionally the material of choice because of their high stiffness and relatively low price.
Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRPs) are lightweight—yet strong and durable—materials with potential applications in aerospace and transportation.
Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRPs) are lightweight materials that are also strong and durable. They have possible applications in aerospace and transportation. But even so, time-consuming and costly investigations are required during their design phase.
For future mobility, like urban air mobility (UAM), to turn into a reality, it needs to be fuel-efficient and minimize carbon emissions, requiring the designing of novel materials with outstanding physical properties and recyclability.
In this recent publication in the Journal of Engineered Fibres and Fabrics, researchers from the Hebei Technology Innovation Centre of Textiles use the Henniker HPT-300 plasma system to enhance t...
Swansea University researchers from the SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre and the COATED M2A program have teamed up with researchers from the University of Bath to make a revolutionary innovation in thermal storage research—designing a new efficient material that is easy to scale and can be sized and shaped to fit multiple applications.
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory-developed advanced manufacturing technology, AMCM, was recently licensed by Orbital Composites and enables the rapid production of composite-based components, which could accelerate the decarbonization of vehicles, airplanes and drones.
Stéphane Faucher and Pascale Sénéchal, research engineers at the DMEX Center for X-ray Imaging. Image Credit: TESCAN
The aviation industry is increasingly using biocomposite materials in its components to mitigate their environmental impact.
Swiss sustainable lightweighting company Bcomp will be unveiling the flax fibre-based bodywork for Japan’s Super Formula race series at JEC World 2023.