Learn about composite indexes, including their role in finance and market performance measurement, with examples like the ...

Joby Aviation’s all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft utilizes composites extensively throughout its build. The necessity of lightweighting the aircraft makes composites its only ...

Improvement of mechanical reinforcement of 3D printed parts is one of the current challenges in additive manufacturing to transition from prototypes to functional parts that meet similar requirements ...

Composites have been produced for millennia. The first known use of them dates back to around 3400 BC when the Mesopotamians used glued wood strips at angles to create plywood. Other early examples ...

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) developed a flexible automation platform for this work cell to build families of CFRP aerostructures that use the same process — dry noncrimp fabric, pick-and-place ...

The pursuit of stronger, lighter, and more durable materials has guided architecture long before polymers or carbon fibers existed. One of the earliest large-scale examples of composite materials can ...

The addition of hollow glass microsphere into composites is a method to improve mechanical properties. However, the interfacial debonding of hollow microsphere inevitably causes a decrease in the ...

Thanks to their light weight yet remarkable strength, the use of CFRPs in the automobile, aerospace, and renewable energy industries is soaring. However, this means finding effective ways to recycle ...

When it comes to designing the moving structural elements of high-performance machine tools—such as beams, shafts and spindles, and the assemblies used to hold cutting tools—the need for the machine ...

Composite materials have revolutionized our industry, bringing outstanding performance to commonly used materials. However, designing these materials for maximum performance is not always intuitive.