September 2007 Issue

September 2007

Focus on Design: Solar-powered composite car designed to win

Three for three in Australia’s famed solar car race, university students from The Netherlands take this redesigned <420-lb carbon composite vehicle Down Under for number four.

Features

Featured articles from the September 2007 issue of CompositesWorld

1 Sep 2007

2007 Oshkosh Fly-in showcases jets and kits

The annual EAA AirVenture event hosts a large crop of composites-intensive aircraft designs for the VLJ and homebuilt markets.

Out of Autoclave 1 Sep 2007

Carbon fiber buys its way onboard

First used in one-off yacht and powerboat designs, where cost is no obstacle in the search for a performance edge in local regattas or around-the-world races, carbon fiber has since carved a niche in categories that were once the exclusive reserve of glass-reinforced composites, metals or wood. In applications as

Editorial 1 Sep 2007

Carbon, glass fiber mix it up

For most of the last several decades, whenever someone used the words “composites” and “boats” in the same sentence, it’s likely that you immediately thought “fiberglass.” And rightfully so.

Out of Autoclave 1 Sep 2007

Inside Manufacturing: All-carbon composite stealth technology joins the U.S. Navy

Unique double-M hull design creates smooth air cushion for low-wake, low-weight, low-draft ship.

Aerospace 1 Sep 2007

Paris Air Show review

The biennial aircraft showcase confirms composites as an established,permanent presence in commercial aircraft construction.

1 Sep 2007

Predicting through-hole impact on boat structural girders

“Boat owners want an interior to be proud of,” says Susan Lake, senior R&D engineer at marine engineering firm High Modulus (Hamble, Hants, U.K., and Auckland, New Zealand), noting that that usually means concealing ventilation pipes, electrical wiring and other systems. Because these systems must share limited