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Breaking the Sound Barrier
The Battle of Hastings in 1066 marked the last successful conquer of the British Isles. In the summer of 1940…
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Composites Manufacturing
Throughout the last four decades the exploitation of fibre-reinforced plastics (FRP) in engineering structures has been steadily diversifying from sports…
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Composite Manufacturing – Autoclave Variability
Throughout the last four decades the exploitation of fibre-reinforced plastics (FRP) in engineering structures has been steadily diversifying from sports…
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Milestones in Aircraft Structural Design
Although the exploitation of advanced composite materials in the aerospace industry is steadily increasing, high strength metallic materials, particularly aluminium…
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The Dangers of Outsourcing
“Outsourcing” is a loaded term. In today’s globalised world it has become to mean many things – from using technology…
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The Start of a New Era
The April 12 launch of STS-1 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Put frankly, the Space Shuttle is probably the most powerful machine…
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Smart Materials Application: Variable Geometry Chevron for Noise Reduction
For many years engineers have been trying to harness mechanical work from thermal energy by taking advantage of the crystallographic…
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Fancy a Sandwich?
In this post I want to use the sandwich panel as an example to explain some basic concepts about bending…
Marine diesel engine 3 min read
FOUR STROKE DIESEL ENGINE
Construction: • A piston reciprocates inside the cylinder • The piston is connected to the crankshaft by means of a connecting rod…
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Variable Stiffness Composites
In previous posts I have discussed the unique characteristics and manufacturing processes of a certain type of composite material, namely continuous fibre-reinforced plastics (FRPs).…