Meanwhile at the NASA Engineering ... of moving to a carbon composite design for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV). The team looked into a geometrically stiffened laminate, a stiffened honeycomb ...

The NASA Common Research Model (CRM) which is a representative long-range aircraft model is used as a test case. The failure modes particular to sandwich composites are addressed using conservative ...

NASA has subjected an 8.4-foot-tall barrel made of composite materials to a series of abuse for the sake of building lighter and stronger rockets. The agency put it under extreme loads of almost ...

NASA's preferred fuels of choice are Cryogenic propellants ... In order to contain the liquid hydrogen propellant the composite laminate used in the manufacture of the test tanks is a unique ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - NASA has successfully pressure-tested a large cryogenic fuel tank made of composite materials. The space agency calls the test results obtained at Marshall Space Flight ...

And because the laminate has already been consolidated during layup ... The company recently signed a $7 million (USD) contract for development of a demonstration composite LOX tank, under NASA's ...

Why not NASA? That’s the question engineers were tasked with when building a flight crew module made with composites — the tough, lightweight laminates used to make high-end bicycles ...

Response to an open-hole is emphasized here to distinguish it from the different (although also important) compressive response of a composite laminate structure assembled with fasteners (bolts or ...

With its many attachments, ISAAC can quickly produce the kind of carbon fiber composites used in airplane bodies like the Boeing 787's. That makes it an ideal tool for NASA engineers trying out ...

Composite laminates, consisting of bonded layers of different materials, find extensive applications in various industries, including aerospace, automobiles, and shipbuilding sectors due to their ...