November 2012 Issue

November

November 2012

Will sequestration ground the F-35?
Cover Story

Will sequestration ground the F-35?

HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan stands on the U.S. federal budget cliff’s brink and takes a look over the edge at sequestration's potential effects on compistes-oriented U.S. defense spending.

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Features

Featured articles from the November 2012 issue of CompositesWorld

Acoustical architecture: Making beautiful music
Adhesives

Acoustical architecture: Making beautiful music

On the market for more than 40 years, composite musical instruments have advanced from a novelty to critical acclaim.

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EAA AirVenture 2012 Airshow Report
Aerospace

EAA AirVenture 2012 Airshow Report

New composite light sport aircraft attract flyers at the Oshkosh Fly-in, especially those with a flair for the amphibious.

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Fracture mechanics test methods for sandwich composites
Adhesives

Fracture mechanics test methods for sandwich composites

HPC's testing guru, Dr. Donald F. Adams (Wyoming Test Fixtures, Salt Lake City, Utah), surveys the available fracture mechanics test methods for sandwich panels.

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Material selection optimizes power-to-weight ratio for twin-masted catamaran
Carbon Fibers

Material selection optimizes power-to-weight ratio for twin-masted catamaran

Composites are the key when Pauger Carbon Composites (Budapest, Hungary) builds the Fifty-Fifty, a twin-mast catamaran, the design objective for which is the best possible power-to-weight ratio for high speed over long distances.

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Virtual testing of composites: Beyond make & break

Virtual testing of composites: Beyond make & break

Software-based micromechanical modeling and analysis methods promise faster and more cost-effective aircraft development and testing programs.

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