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 | Adhesives for Harsh Environments
Increasingly, designers of both these aircraft and ground transportation vehicles—such as cars, trucks, buses, trains, subways and light rail—are using innovative adhesives in place of traditional fasteners to withstand harsh environments.
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 | Assembly In Action: Design Software Shows Potential of Lightweight Composites
In late 2009, the NASA
Engineering and Safety Center completed a series of critical, full-scale,
physical tests to help predict how the Composite Crew Module would
perform under simulated flight conditions. Performed at Langley Research
Center, the tests focused on material tradeoffs between metals and composites
in space structures.
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 | Assembly In Action: Laser Scanners for Dummies…and Air Bag Performance
Crash
dummies are crucial in evaluating the performance of side curtain air bags in a
rollover. First Technology Safety Systems Inc. manufactures crash test
dummies and computer crash simulation models for automotive, military and
aerospace applications. To confirm that the new design matched dummies
built from the original mold, FTSS used a hand held laser scanner.
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