The Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow public-private partnership has drawn a five-year U.S. Dept. of War assignment to “disrupt manufacturing affordability” for ceramic ...

As opposed to conventional metal alloys, metal matrix composites (MMCs) possess inimitable physical, thermal, electrical, chemical, and mechanical properties that make them most suitable in today’s ...

Matrix Composite Materials (Bristol, UK) will be exhibiting at the International Composites Summit (ICS) in Milton Keynes on 4-5th September. Their primary exhibit will be QUANTUM-ESC® carbon SMC ...

Composite materials are engineered by fusing different materials, typically consisting of a matrix (a polymer, metal, or ceramic) and a reinforcement (such as fibers, particles, or flakes) that ...

The journey towards circular high-performance composites begins with one core question: why redesign an already mature class of materials? To set the scene, we asked the consortium to describe the ...

Market valued at $52.60B in 2024, projected 8.82% CAGR growth driven by EV lightweighting, aerospace efficiency, wind ...

Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) and metal matrix composites (MMCs) have long played an important role for the military and aerospace in protecting military vehicles, as well as spacecraft and space ...

President, Wyoming Test Fixtures Inc. In addition to providing increased strength properties, fiber-reinforced CMCs exhibit markedly improved toughness and damage tolerance compared to traditional ...

Polymers are complex materials with flexible forms, widely varied compositions, and properties that change as the polymers interact with their environment over time. Structurally, polymers are large ...

CEDAR PARK, Texas — Cedar Park-based aerospace company Firefly is developing new technology to build better rocket engines. The Air Force Research Laboratory at Edwards Air Force Base in California ...