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New Foam Takes Flight
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:19:00 PM »
German engineers have developed a new polymethacrylimide (PMI) foam product that can mimic conventional honeycomb core's tendency to show visible damage. Researchers at Composite Technology Centre GmbH are using this discovery to create carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) sandwich constructions at higher efficiencies and lower cost. Their first application has been tested in airplane landing gear doors.



http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/pmi-foam-core-outperforms-honeycomb-in-infused-nose-landing-gear-doors(2)?