March 2013 Issue
March 2013
Features
Featured articles from the March 2013 issue of CompositesWorld
Award-winning urban bicycle frame made from toughened prepreg
Uber design house UBC GmbH (Murr, Germany) puts its accumulated Formula 1 racing and automotive expertise to good use, designing a completely new composite urban bicycle concept.
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Class A CFRP body panels: Six-minute cure
Gurit CBS-based laminate/process combo mints parts with twice the thermal performance in one-sixth the time.
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Faster cycle, better surface: Out of the autoclave
GM is first automaker to use Class A CFRP parts from new pressure-press technology.
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Flexural testing of composite materials
Dr. Donald F. Adams (Wyoming Test Fixtures (Salt Lake City, Utah) takes look at flexural testing and promises recommendations, next time, for a unified standard.
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Market Outlook: Surplus in carbon fiber's future?
Participants at CW’s Carbon Fiber 2012 Conference see one coming as early as 2016.
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