In the UK, many of the raw materials used in the composite industry, such as glass and carbon fibres, are imported. For example, the UK’s wind energy market imports over 60% of composite parts. The ...

Vibration-absorbing, sound-damping materials such as sheets of rubber and expanded foam tend to be thick, bulky and soft. A ...

called Function-Oriented Material Design (FOMD); and a novel patent-pending composite material concept, called BTR (Biomimetic Tendon-Reinforced) material. Example results include numerical simulation ...

Professors at Binghamton University, State University of New York have received a grant from the National Science Foundation ...

In order to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of self-repair of water tree damage, a microcapsule sample with double-shell structure was designed ... thereby realizing the water tree self-healing of ...