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Foldable Material Can Support Many Times its Weight
Researchers at Drexel University and Dalian University of Technology in China have chemically engineered a new, electrically conductive nanomaterial that is flexible enough to fold, but strong...
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Study Shows Multiple Benefits of CO2 Cooling in Composites Drilling
The use of composite materials in aerospace and automotive applications has grown at a fast rate (and will continue to do so) due to the high strength and low weight of the...
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Carbon-Fiber Concept Trailer From Great Dane Cuts Weight by 4000 lb
The Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience is a prototype tractor-trailer developed to demonstrate the possibilities of future transport, and the truck is not the only place where innovation reigns. The trailer body is built almost exclusively with carbon fiber, and it incorporates...
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3-D Manufacturing of Titanium Components Takes Off
MRO providers are discovering ways to innovate their procedures while remaining viable and profitable through the current downturn in government spending. Read more at http://articles.sae.org/13268.
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Isuzu Takes High-Level Approach to T4F Solutions
Depending on which off-highway engine manufacturer you’re talking to, it is either an advantage that its teams of engineers design specifically and solely for the off-highway industry, or it is an advantage that its teams of engineers design for both the on- and off-highway industries. Read more at...
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Racecar with Composite-Intensive Suspension Gets Track Tested in 2015
A racecar fitted with a prototype rear suspension will compete in the Sports Car Club of America's 2015 season as a proof-of-concept demonstrator for using thermoplastic...
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Intelligent Manufacturing Software
The CNC system solution IndraMotion MTX from Rexroth has enhanced functionalities through Open Core Engineering. With Open Core Engineering, Rexroth enhances classic PLC programming by bridging the gap to IT...
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3U VPX Graphics Board
WOLF Advanced Technology’s (Ontario, Canada) new 3U VPX board, the VPX3U-GTX850M, is developed using NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX-850M – CUDA powered 28nm GM107 GPU – which is clocked at 862MHz and has 5 Streaming...
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Researchers Develop Multiphysics Model for Electro-Thermal Analysis of UAV
Vives College University and Kulab (KU Leuven University campus Ostend) in Belgium are undertaking an aeronautical research program for the development of a new UAV...
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Development of Hydrophobic Coatings for Water-Repellent Surfaces Using Hybrid Methodology
Coatings that impart hydrophobic properties are of considerable interest. For applications such as aircraft windows, optical components, protective...
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Materials Design Principles for the Dynamic Fracture of Laminar Composite Structures
Crack bridging (e.g., from stitches or pins) and friction have profound and potentially very useful effects on delamination crack growth, controlling growth rates (damage levels) and the energy absorbed. However, the implications for structural design principles...
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Hydrolytic Stability of Polyurethane-Coated Fabrics Used for Collapsible Fuel Storage Containers
Collapsible fabric fuel tanks have provided critical tactical bulk petroleum storage for military operations for over 50 years. Beginning in the...
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Continuous Sputter Deposition Coating of Long Monofilaments
A thin, uniform coating on long segments of monofilament could drastically improve the functionality of many complex fibers. A length of fishing line, microtubing, or polylactic acid...
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Infusing Lightweight Composite Structures
Liquid resin infusion (LRI) is a proven manufacturing technology for both small- and large-scale structures for which, in most cases, experience and limited prototype experimentation is sufficient to...
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Computer Simulation’s Role in Advancing Composite Aircraft Structures
Many of the computer simulation tools used today got their start in the Aerospace industry but their use has always been coupled with significant physical testing. The...
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Laser Measurement
Ophir Photonics’ 1000WP-BB-34 high-power water cooled thermal sensor is designed with the requirement that all materials coming in contact with the cooling water are either copper or nonmetallic. This eliminates the...
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Quadrant Photodiode
The SXUVPS4 multi-element photo detector from Opto Diode has a 5 mm² active area in a quadrant configuration. Designed to resist radiation damage from high-intensity UV lasers, the photodiodes are suited for laser alignment applications. Offering good stability, the devices can withstand four days of exposure to 10 eV 1016...
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Micro Machining Center
The YASDA YMC 430 Ver. II micro machining center from Methods Machine Tools, Inc. is suitable for the ultra-precise manufacturing and high surface finishes required on small, complex features in components and dies or...
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Selective Laser Sintering System
3D Systems has developed its fastest fab-grade selective laser sintering (SLS) system yet, the ProX 500 Plus. Building upon last year’s ProX 500 release, the ProX 500 Plus continues the company’s efforts to redefine production 3-D printing, adding upgraded speeds, higher print resolution, and an expanded range...
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Killer Robots - Army Studies Challenges of Remote Lethality
The military has used and experimented with robots that perform functions such as scouting and surveillance, carrying supplies and detecting and disposing of improvised homemade bombs....
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NASA Tests Revolutionary Shape-Changing Aircraft Flap
NASA's green aviation project is one step closer to developing technology that could make future airliners quieter and more fuel‑efficient with the successful flight test of a wing surface...
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Boeing, Toray Industries Reach Agreement on Composites for 777X Wings
Composite supplier Toray Industries signed an agreement to expand its current contract for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to include the 777X wings. The addition of the 777X...
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Project Could Detect Damaged Aircraft Parts Earlier and Easier
UT Arlington engineering professors have received a $451,781 Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant to examine the material surface at the micro- and nano-scale level to...
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Thirsty? There’s an App for That
Clean, potable water is one thing the world universally cannot live without. It hydrates. It cleans. It keeps us alive and well. That makes water very valuable to soldiers. However, as many mission...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Pursues Copper Alloy Additive Manufacturing for Thrust Chamber Assembly
NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne, a Sacramento, CA-based GenCorp company, announced Oct. 17 that they successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests on...
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Northrop Grumman Opens Innovation Lab
Northrop Grumman Corp. recently celebrated the grand opening of its Fabrication Laboratory (FabLab) at the company's Space Park facility in Redondo Beach, CA. The 5500-ft² laboratory was inspired and...
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Boeing Begins Construction of 777X Composite Wing Center
Boeing on Oct. 21 celebrated the groundbreaking of its new 777X Composite Wing Center at the Everett, WA, campus. Permitting for the new 1 million-ft² facility was completed seven...
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DARPA Awards Development Contract to Aurora for SideArm System
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a contract for the accelerated development of its SideArm launch and recovery system....
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‘Minecraft' Getting Kids into Coding
Stephen Foster, CEO and Co-Founder of ThoughtSTEM, has a new outlook on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education and the utilities that can be used to get kids involved in software coding.
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