Fabrication of large aerostructures using composite materials typically requires a mold made with a metallic material with a low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) so as to minimize distortion of ...

For more than three decades, commercial aviation has increasingly embraced composite materials. In fact, more than half of critical structural components on several models of major commercial aircraft ...

A unique manufacturing technique from Marc Quenneville combines vacuum infusion with rotational molding, which he says no one has thought of doing before. The process completely eliminates the ...

Ann Arbor-based startup Covaron Advanced Materials, which has developed a new process for making high-performance ceramics, is expected to announce today that it has secured $300,000 in seed ...

Sept. 29, 2011 High-end niche engineering software targets moldmakers Leslie Gordon Resources: Cimatron Group ...

More information: Yu-Jie Lu et al, Scalable and shapable nacre-like ceramic-metal composites based on deformable microspheres, National Science Review (2025). DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaf006 ...

Small ceramic particles, compact interfacial sintering, and tiny pores made up the interface between the layers. Large ceramic particles with large, scattered pores were found inside the lamellar ...