Hill Helicopters engineered composite main rotor blades using a novel single-cure manufacturing process for stiffness and ...

A key challenge for cleaner air transport is to reduce aerodynamic drag on aircraft surfaces. An obstacle to this, however, is the increased need for Ku-band antennas to provide in-flight internet ...

Traditional carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite materials are neither recyclable nor repairable due to the thermoset polymers' permanently crosslinked network. Strong and durable like ...

In a notable advancement for chemistry, innovators at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have devised a closed-loop process for synthesizing an exceptionally resilient ...

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have designed a closed-loop path for synthesizing an exceptionally tough carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP), and later ...