When airplanes and automobiles were newfangled inventions a century ago, they contained parts crafted from wood or metal. Today, aircraft and automobile manufacturers increasingly use components made ...

A large part of rail vehicle weight reduction will be determined by the materials and construction methods used, driving the industry to look at new materials and production processes. Two materials ...

As aerospace continues its pursuit of higher performance, lower weight, and improved lifecycle efficiency, metal-to composite component conversion is a key enabler of innovation. Whether in commercial ...

This schematic shows an engineered material with composite layers. Layers of carbon fibers (the long silver tubes) have microscopic forests of carbon nanotubes between them (the array of tiny brown ...

UD’s Center for Composite Materials reflects on a legacy of innovation and charts a course for the next half-century From hockey sticks to jetliners, composite innovations developed at the University ...

Throughout human history, many conflicts have resulted in battles and wars. Body armor has been of central importance in order to make combatants as safe as possible against a variety of weapons.

SHD Composite Materials Ltd (SHD), a global manufacturer of advanced composite prepregs with a strong focus on enhancing sustainability and material circularity, has signed a ‘Heads of Terms’ with ...

Traditional carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite materials are neither recyclable nor repairable due to the thermoset polymers' permanently crosslinked network. Strong and durable like ...

The newly invented fiber composite could stretch the lifetime of these structures from decades to centuries.