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Composites take the hit in U.S. Navy patrol boat
9/9/2008

 New carbon/Kevlar composite hull and deck provide impact-absorbing solution to crew injury problems caused by severe vertical acceleration of previous high-speed, all-metal patrol boat.

Formulating challenge: Creating better epoxies for vacuum-infused aerospace parts
3/1/2008

More attention is being focused on fabricating processes for aircraft structures that can save time and money and improve efficiency while yielding high-quality parts. Historically, nearly all aircraft designers have assumed autoclave cure as the norm, despite the well-documented cost and time advantages of

Resin infused boat sails into first
10/1/2005

When a team of nine engineering students from Cedarville University (Cedarville, Ohio) returned to Buffalo, N.Y. this year for Solar Splash 2005, an international collegiate solar-powered boat competition, it was eager to defend its title as world champion. In 2004, the team's winning entry featured a hull hand layed

Elevated Sky Bus railway in India features composite coach bodies
8/1/2004

Designed to accommodate 150 commuters and travel at speeds as high as 100 kmh, Sky Bus railway transit coaches built for India's Konkan Railway (Mumbai, India) by Kineco Pvt. Ltd. (Goa, India) are expected to ease public transportation in congested metro areas. Coaches will have 4m/13.1-ft-wide sliding passenger doors

Schooner features carbon fiber masts, booms, spreaders
1/1/2004

When Lion's Whelp, built by Portland Yacht Services (Portland, Maine, U.S.A.) embarked on its inaugural cruise, even seasoned marine observers saw a 65 ft white schooner, reminiscent of the early 20th century's Alden Schooners, complete with spars authentically detailed from wood with traditional brass fittings. But

Rygerkattall — carbon fiber composite passenger ferry
11/1/2003

Shipbuilder Brødrene Aa (Hyen, Norway) recently launched the Rygerkatt, an all-carbon fiber composite passenger ferry, built for Norway's largest passenger ferry operator, Rodne & Sønner.

RV manufacturer converts to all-composite motorhome shells and floors
10/1/2003

Since 1971, Trail Wagons - Chinook RV Inc. has built motorhomes with one-piece, molded fiberglass shells at its 115,000 ft2 plant in Yakima, Wash, U.S.A. Claiming that the shell design is essential to RV structural integrity, ease of maintenance and weather resistance, the company offers the U.S. RV industry's only

Foam plays strategic role in rotorcraft structure
3/1/2003

Eurocopter's Tiger helicopter incorporates an engine cowling stiffened with hat stringers made with ROHACELL XT polymethacrylimide (PMI) foam from Degussa Performance Plastics (Darmstadt, Germany). Previously, the approximately 1.5m/4.8-ft long and 0.8m/2.6-ft wide cowling was a solid laminate made with bismaleimide

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