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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: richard jagger on September 10, 2013, 05:09:23 pm
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Is this going into the next generation of water fed poles look and learn. Cheaper that carbon fibre lighter and stronger
Revolutionary aluminum composite stronger and lighter than carbon fiber
Posted September 26, 2007 - 13:53 by Rick C. Hodgin
Delft (Netherlands) - Researchers at Delft University of Technology have created an aluminum composite material that is stronger than carbon fiber, costs less to manufacture, weighs 20% less and is immune to metal fatigue. It is being billed as a material that could revolutionize the airline industries, saving $100 billion worldwide.
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner has received a lot of press surrounding the fact that it's created largely out of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) material. While this makes it lighter and stronger than traditional aircraft aluminum, it's also more expensive to manufacture. With an emphasis on long-term costs such as fuel savings and maintenance, the CFRP engineering decision will likely prove true over the long haul.
Still, a team of scientists at Delft University of Technology are hoping to buck that trend toward CFRP materials in future aircraft. They've demonstrated a new aluminum-based composite material called CentrAl, which stands for Central Reinforced Aluminum. Comprised of alternating high-quality aluminum and composite layers in a fiber metal laminate (FML) assembly process, the end result is a very strong, light and inexpensive-to-manufacture material which is reportedly immune to metal fatigue.
According to the researchers, simple repairs to the CentrAl material can also be carried out immediately. This is unlike CFRP constructions which often require complete component replacement.
The new material is being presented this week at a conference in Delft, Netherlands by GTM Advanced Structures, Alcoa and engineers from Delft University of Technology. Research is continuing to look at fatigue, as well as analysis of damage caused by corrosion, hail storms and other weather phenomena, including even trucks that collide with aircraft while they're on the ground. According to researchers, this material is showing promise toward addressing all of those goals.
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So we are never going to get rid of black hand syndrome!
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If this stuff is stronger, lighter and cheaper why are they still making F1 cars from CF?
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brodex hydra alloy isn't strong or light
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so have i wasted my money on 2 extreme poles and an slx? ;D ;D ;D
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so have i wasted my money on 2 extreme poles and an slx? ;D ;D ;D
Im a sucker for antiques will do you a favour and take the lot of your hands for a £100. ;D ;D
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They have since improved the original formula, now called Carbon Reinforced Aluminium Plastic.