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Peridynamic Modeling: An Alternative Approach to Analyzing Material Failure
A critical technology challenge for structural material applications is to have a means for the reliable analysis of material damage and failure.
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Preventing Ice Buildup on Electric Aircraft
Afaq Ahmed Abbasi of Northwestern Polytechnical University explains his innovative approach.
Briefs Test & Measurement
Thermal Conductivities of Some Polymers and Composites
Thermoset polymers are good electrical insulators that are used in applications ranging from electronics to composite armor. They are rather poor thermal conductors, however.
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Apollo 11
In this special edition of Here's an Idea, we explore the many tools and materials that began as one small step toward the Moon.
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Honeywell Acquires TruTrak and Expands General Aviation Avionics Portfolio
TruTrak Flight Systems, an autopilot system developer specializing in experimental and light aircraft, will become part of Honeywell Aerospace’s BendixKing. The...
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Air Force Produces Light, Thin Transparent Armor
The Air Force Research Laboratory is manufacturing transparent ceramic armor for both air and ground vehicles. ALON is a transparent ceramic material composed of aluminum, oxygen, and...
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Sciaky, Aubert & Duval, and Airbus Join Together to Combine High-Power Forging with Additive Manufacturing
Sciaky, Inc., Aubert & Duval S.A., Airbus SE, and the Saint Exupéry Institute for Research in Technology (IRT) have laid out a...
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Aerospace Composites Experts Will Meet in Wichita This Month, Focusing on Validating Repairs Techniques
The amount of composite material in modern aircraft is staggering – nearly half of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s airframe is made up of...
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AFRL Achieves “Shocking” Materials Technology Breakthrough
The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with research partners at Los Alamos National Laboratory, are working to change the shape of materials technology with a breakthrough...
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Aerospace Work Platforms — More than Meets the Eye
For maintenance personnel in the aerospace industry to do their jobs effectively, they need to be able to get physically close to the equipment they are working on. This statement sounds...
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Getting the Most Out of Industrial CT Scanning
Quality assurance and flight certification of critical aerospace parts and assemblies have reached new levels of sophistication in recent years. Leading aerospace and defense manufacturers...
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Machining Titanium Aero-Frames
The rise of titanium for aerospace applications has been well documented in recent years. Equally, the challenges associated with the efficient, productive and high-quality machining of this popular material, have...
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Lange Couplers The construction and port orientation of the Lange Coupler from SemiGen (Londonderry, NH) makes it useful as both a power combiner and splitter for RF and microwave applications. It is a specific type of directional...
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Matrix-Free Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Using Metal-Organic Frameworks
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) is a soft ionization technique that is widely applied in the characterization of large biomolecules using...
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Coating Technology Enables Effective Missile Countermeasures
Heat-seeking missiles have been in use against both rotorcraft and fixed wing aircraft since the mid-1950s, and countermeasures to deceive their guidance systems have been employed...
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Electrical Characterization of Crystalline UO2, THO2 and U0.71TH0.29O2
Tracking and identifying radiation sources in the age of nuclear proliferation and well- resourced non-state actors is a national priority. Current neutron detection methods...
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Breakthroughs in 3D-Printing Give Way for Promising Textile Lithium Battery Technology
At the convergence of 3D-printing and lithium battery technology, Hong Kong researchers develop a promising textile-based, foldable battery that may find...
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EOS Releases Four New Metal Materials for Series Additive Manufacturing
Global provider of industrial additive manufacturing (AM) metals and polymers, EOS GmbH, has released four news metal AM materials for 3D-printing. EOS StainlessSteel...
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NASA High-Temp Materials, Coatings Enhance Commercial Products
NASA officials are announcing the availability of eight disruptive NASA materials and coatings technologies ready for commercialization.
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US and Japanese Scientists Conduct Joint Composites Study
Dr. Keisuke Umezawa of the Air Systems Research Center in the Japanese Ministry of Defense (JMoD) recently joined the Air Force Research Laboratory on an engineers and scientists...
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NASA Highlights Material and Coating Technology Ready for Commercial Applications
Innovations in materials and coatings have enabled countless NASA missions since the agency’s inception. The research that goes into developing these...
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Lockheed Martin Validates Heatshield for the Mars 2020 Rover Mission
Lockheed Martin Corporation (Lockheed Martin) successfully completed development and testing for the heatshield that will protect NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)...
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Lithium-Ion Batteries
Amprius, Inc.Sunnyvale, CA800-425-8803www.amprius.com Amprius, Inc., a manufacturer and developer of high-energy and high-capacity lithium-ion batteries, announced recently that it is supplying advanced lithium ion cells...
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Ultra-Low Temperature Elastomer Greene Tweed’s (Kulpsville, PA) Fusion™ FKM 665, a new generation, ultra-low-temperature and chemical-resistant elastomer, was specifically formulated to meet and exceed the requirements of...
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NASA to Advance Unique 3D Printed Sensor Technology
Mahmooda Sultana recently won funding to advance a potentially revolutionary, nanomaterial-based detector platform. The technology is capable of sensing everything from minute...
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Thermoplastic Drive Shaft System Developed for Aerospace Applications
herone GmbH, (Dresden, Germany) recently won the prestigious 2019 JEC Innovation Awards, in the Aerospace application category. The winning application was the company's...
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NASA Unveils Radically New Airplane Wing
NASA built and tested a radically new kind of airplane wing assembled from hundreds of tiny identical pieces. It could provide a significant boost in aircraft production, flight, and maintenance...
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Stratolaunch All-Composite Aircraft Achieves First Flight
Stratolaunch Systems Corp., founded by Paul G. Allen, in Seattle, Washington, has completed the first flight of the Stratolaunch, the world’s largest all-composite aircraft, with a...
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Goodfellow Corporation Offers Graphene Variant Produced Through a New “Metal-Free” Methane Process
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania-based Goodfellow Corporation (Goodfellow) is taking graphene and going “green,” offering an ultra-pure,...
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Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
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Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
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Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design Cycle
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Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
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Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance