Editorial
High-Performance Composites + Composites Technology = ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ
Starting January 2015, High-Performance Composites (HPC) and Composites Technology (CT) magazines will be merged to create one new monthly publication, called ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ (CW).
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The IBC and FRP
HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan marks signs of progress toward the use of composites in high-rise architecture since the International Building Code was amended in 2009 to clearly define code-compliant uses of FRP.
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The best and brightest
HPC Editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan asks: How does the composites industry “sell” to students the huge range of opportunities it has to offer?
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The Odd Couple
CT editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan draws attention to the disappearing gap between the composites industry's once widely separated "aerospace-grade" and "industrial-grade" sectors.
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High-performance vs. general purpose
Jeff Sloan notes the closing gap between “aerospace” and “industrial” composites.
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The Learjet 85: Large step out of the autoclave
HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan examines the significance of the Bombardier Learjet 85’s first flight.
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Business and busy-ness
CT editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan returns for JEC Europe 2014 in Paris with observations about several intriguing composites industry trends.
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One for the history books?
HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan wonders if a current and radical proposal for change in the way aerospace materials and processes are certified — namely, certification of design/simulation software — will find the brave advocates it will need to become a watershed in aerocomposite history.
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Pipes vs. vessels
CT editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan notes the value of composite pressure vessel standards in the growing market for seawater desalination.
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Automotive, going forward?
CT editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan asks when, if and how composites professionals will be ready to meet the challenges of significant use of carbon fiber composites in automobiles.
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