por Ana Escarate | Nov 22, 2022 | Getting technical
In today’s aerospace industry, the consumption of composite materials has increased to more than 50%. Composite materials have been used in the aerospace industry in primary and secondary structural parts, including rocket motor casings, radomes, antenna dishes,...
por LlucMarti | Oct 20, 2022 | Getting technical
Last year, a group of researchers at ETH Zürich (Arthur Schlothauer, Georgios A. Pappas, and Paolo Ermanni) published one of the most interesting articles we have seen in a while! They have studied the ”Material Response and Failure of Highly Deformable Carbon...
por LlucMarti | Oct 13, 2022 | Getting technical
”Last year, the Graphene Council has published research that aimed to evaluate the use of pristine graphene as an additive to polyacrylonitrile (PAN) solution for carbon fiber precursor fibers based on previous research using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene...
por LlucMarti | Oct 6, 2022 | Getting technical
A couple of weeks ago, we posted an Ashby’s Plot that compared the properties of composites with many different materials. But how do they fare against carbon nanotubes and graphene? And what about graphene-based composites? Many works have reported the effect...
por LlucMarti | Oct 4, 2022 | Newsfeed
Let’s kick off our newsfeed with very exciting news: The NCC successfully demonstrates AFP manufacture of CMC parts! Engineers at the National Composites Centre (NCC, Bristol, U.K.) have completed what they say is a European first by manufacturing...
