Laboratory testing is under way on a resin-infused composite spar, developed through a European Fifth Framework research project, which is made more quickly and cheaply than spars using other ...
For this sun-powered bird, the essential prerequisite was an extremely light aerostructure. The raw material that ultimately satisfied this need proved to be very thin composite tapes. The airframe’s ...
The IIAMS (Innovative Infusion Airframe Manufacturing System) project was a challenge from the start. Airbus, under the Cleansky 2 programme, wanted an AFP (automated fibre placement) lay-up system ...