May 2014 Issue

May 2014

Cover Story

Composites carry the Curiosity rover to a safe Mars landing

From launch to touchdown, composites performed in flight and stuck the landing!

Features

Featured articles from the May 2014 issue of CompositesWorld

Aerospace 1 May 2014

3D Printing continuous carbon fiber composites?

Additive manufacturing startup MarkForged aims to make it happen and is already marketing systems.

Design/Simulation 30 Apr 2014

Demonstration software modeling exercise aids Taiwan’s yachtbuilding community

Ray Tsai, technical director of Simutech Solution Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan) and colleagues develop a demonstration modeling exercise for Taiwanese motoryacht builders.

Automotive 30 Apr 2014

Faster is better, but collaborative manufacturing is essential

Guest columnist Dale Brosius, president of Dayton, Ohio-based Quickstep Composites, the U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Quickstep Technologies (Bankstown Airport, New South Wales), points out two key trends evident at JEC Europe 2014.

Out of Autoclave 1 May 2014

JEC Europe 2014 Review

The composites world met again in Paris, vibrant, stronger, and more forward-looking than ever before.

Workforce Development 1 May 2014

Machining update: One-shot dry drilling of stacked materials

Tool design innovations tighten tolerances and cut costs for those who drill composite-metal assemblies.

Materials Testing 30 Apr 2014

Reversed loading flexural fatigue

Dr. Donald F. Adams, owner and president of Wyoming Test Fixtures (Salt Lake City, Utah) discusses reverse loading flexural fatigue testing and fixture design.

Sustainability 1 May 2014

SAMPE Europe 2014 Review

SAMPE Europe’s 35th International Conference (SEICO 14) was also its last. Beginning in 2015, SAMPE Europe will henceforth organize one large annual conference, combining its SEICO and SETEC events into a multitrack multidisciplinary conference and exhibition.

ATL/AFP 30 Apr 2014