OK, one last try for someone with truly selective memory and reading comprehension:

The Members' Meeting is sort of a "new" event. It's a bit like the Goodwood Revival, but "private" as only Goodwood Road Racing Club members can buy tickets. And while it will be the 72th, the last time they held one was in 1966, so it's kind of a big deal for the estate known mostly for the Festival of Speed held in…

Sorry to get technical, but they didn't ban the Michelin tires. Michelin told the FIA that unless they put a chicane to slow down the 200 mph corner, it would advise all teams running its tires to withhold from the race.

You do realize that your very own link has this for its FIRST conclusion:

LAME! My Ford RaptorTRAX was broken into last night while parked at a hotel in Missoula, Montana on its way to a filming mission in Canada. We had a lot of stuff stolen including me and roncar's board bags full of DC snowboards (including three of the one pictured here), jackets, boots, and other gear. The truck had…

I understand the directionality of the properties of composites pretty well, though the coupling effects are something I'm being introduced to only recently. As a result, my description of the coupled properties on the X-29 might not have been accurate in terms of terminology, but I understand the effects.

A wheel hitting a pothole would definitely not be out of plane, you're right, and the distribution of pressure over the wheel surface (though I would be interested in finding out if the tire contact area transforms the load or the gas) should also mitigate the effects. What I would be worried about would be striking…

No, steel is still used in aircraft, up to 10% even on the 787. And I really don't see people using composites to replace Ti, but rather using the two in conjunction (the 787 has double the percentage of Ti compared to the 777) since Ti is one of the few metal alloys (other than stainless) that can resist the galvanic…

But they don't really use CFRP to replace steel and titanium in aircraft so much as aluminum, though, right? And CFRP has muuuuuch better fatigue life than aluminum. I'd be interested in hearing about details if you care to elaborate.

As far as I know, there's no fiber layout that can make pure CFRP good, let alone great, in out-of-plane impact. That's where sandwich cores come in.

Your lay-up would have to be badly inconsistent for the wheel to not hold air. If you're talking about the tire on sealing on its seat, then that's a question of surface finish, which can be taken care of by vacuuming and using a smooth mold, or by sanding afterwards.

I was thinking ice-water first, THEN the coffee. Wouldn't want to alleviate the damage too quickly.

Can you give any hints or details about what you do? I'm an aerospace MS student working with composites, so I'm generally keeping my eyes open about companies and industries dealing with them.

Composites. The current and foreseeable future of everything that cares about weight, especially if it moves. Also, the material that can't just be cast or forged with its ideal properties (unlike metals, which can be manufactured much stronger through traditional methods than through printing).

Still doesn't help with non-isotropic parts, like ChrisFu was talking about.

So far, this is the only use for 3D printing I've seen that has excited me. First off Mori is involved, so that should guarantee a business plan and some serious thought into optimizing it and making it useful. Most importantly, by giving you the surface finish and accuracy (and maybe even strain hardening the…

Who is the "former Ukraine Government"? From what I understood, the current and "former" Ukraine Parliament had stripped the President of his powers and appointed a temporary until elections. I know some pro-Yanukovich members of Parliament had resigned and what-not, but there's no "former government." Just one guy…

No, but the US has invaded both Afghanistan and Iraq, which are much closer to Russia than Ukraine is to us.

Doors be damned. Your post gets recommended just for the pic. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

And the COCAINE will have a special edition called CRACK