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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Miscellaneous Subjects => Topic started by: No.1 on January 09, 2015, 08:19:00 PM

Title: New Foam Takes Flight
Post by: No.1 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://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/resources/images/cdn/cms/1114HPC_Applications_EvonikHEROfoam.jpg)

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