Although standardized test methods for fiber-reinforced composites are used for a wide variety of fiber forms, most of these test methods were developed with a focus on composites with continuous ...
When first introduced to mechanical testing of composite materials, one can be confused, even overwhelmed, by the number of available test standards. One reason for this large variety of tests is the ...
The Composite Material Laboratory at the Inholland University of Applied Sciences in Delft has selected a Moog (East Aurora, NY) Portable Test Controller to be used for single-axis testing of ...
insights from industryStephan Botzki & Ian McEnteggartSenior Applications Engineer - Composites Market ManagerInstron In this interview, industry experts Stephan Botzki and Ian McEnteggart, senior ...
As the automotive industry seeks ever-more-urgently to embrace composites, there is an increasing demand for testing composite material behavior at high-strain rates. The need for detailed data to ...
Interest in the use of composites to reduce vehicle weight and increase performance is rising rapidly among automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers. But their demands are strict: they require ...
The automotive industry has solved most of its end-of-life recycling puzzle — but one fraction has resisted every practical solution for decades. When a scrapped vehicle passes through an industrial ...
HyImpulse, Technologies in partnership with Greek advanced composite manufacturer, Adamant Composites, is proud to announce the successful completion of a hydrostatic burst test of a groundbreaking ...
It bodes well that the NASA Langley Research Center will be working with the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) to develop standards for composites used in aircraft (AW&ST Sept. 6, p. 15) ...
Retlif Testing Laboratories, a Ronkonkoma-based testing and compliance firm, has launched a new dedicated composites testing laboratory in Plainview. The new 1,600-square-foot composites testing ...
AIRCRAFT built from hefty quantities of carbon-fibre composites rather than aluminium will be taking to the skies in the next two years. The high-tech lightweight materials should help airlines slash ...
A thermal flaw detector developed at Tomsk Polytechnic University will be used in the manufacturing of a new aircraft to replace the AN-2. The new model fully consists of composite materials and is ...