Out of Autoclave

Automotive composites: Structural underbody

For Detroit’s Big Three, a joint precompetitive composite design, development, fabrication and testing program nears successful completion.

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Aerospace

Q&A: Embraer's Marco Túlio Pellegrini

High-Performance Composites' technical editor Sara Black interviews Marco Túlio Pellegrini, the senior VP of operations and the COO of the Executive Jets division of Embraer SA (São José dos Campos, Brazil).

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2011 High-Performance Resins Highlights

Attendees reviewed the current state of advanced resin technology and the tests that lay ahead for expanding composites into new applications and markets.

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Primary structure repair: The quest for quality

Composite airframes on commercial craft drive development of automated repair technology and industry-wide repair technician certification.

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On the road again

CT's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan offers a quick review of doings at this year's SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition, recently presented in Troy, Mich.

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IBEX 2011 Preview

The world’s largest exhibition for the boatbuilding industry sets sail inland again, on the Ohio River. Destination: Louisville.

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Glass Fibers

Composite vs. corrosion: Battling for marketshare

Market trends and tighter budgets are helping to expand the use of composites to repair and replace corrosion-damaged infrastructure — aboveground and underground.

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Thermoplastics

Green resins: Growing up

High hurdles remain, but the push for sustainable sources of resin monomers is gaining momentum.

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PRSEUS preform for pressurized cabin walls

Over the next few years, NASA and The Boeing Co. (Chicago, Ill.) will build larger and more elaborate pressurized passenger cabin structures for future blended-wing airliners.

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Aerospace

EAA AirVenture 2011 air show

Plenty of “oh, my gosh” to go ’round in Oshkosh.

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