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It's Just String & Glue. This is a newsletter about composites, the strings, the glues, and the business.
Aug 20, 20245 min read
The Machines are Getting Really BIG
#composites, #robots, #fiberplacement, #fibers, #bigmachines I’m going to take a short break from sustainability this week because I saw...
Apr 9, 20246 min read
What’s Hydrogen got to do with Composites?
#composites, #sustainability, #hydrogen, #hydrogeneconomy, #carbonfiber, #fibers, #resins As it turns out – quite a bit. The lead image...
Jul 5, 20237 min read
How to Make Sure it Doesn't Break - Part Deux
#String_and_Glue, #Composites, #Failure, #Titan_Disaster In a sense this post is about the loss of the Titan submersible. But mostly it...
Jun 26, 20235 min read
When Hubris Overtakes Reason – People DIE!
#String_and_Glue, #Composites, #Pressure_Hull, #Deep_Submersible Well, this week, I just had to do this. This post is going to be about...
Apr 23, 20235 min read
Analysis of a COPV with Do's and Don'ts
In the previous post in this series, I introduced the basic steps that you need to take to come up with a design for a COPV that will...
Apr 23, 20235 min read
Design and Analysis of a COPV
So, you want to make a COPV because you know that it will be lighter weight, more resistant to violent burst if it does burst, and you...
Apr 23, 20234 min read
Fabrication of a COPV and the Machines that Make Them
For this post I’m going to talk about how to make Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels – COPVs – possibly one of the most ubiquitous...
Apr 23, 20233 min read
Composite Pressure Vessels - First in a Series
For this post and a couple more in this series, I’m going to talk about a subject near and dear to my heart – composite pressure vessels....
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