Basics of Aerospace Materials: Aluminum and Composites
The most common aluminum alloy used in aerospace is 7075, which has zinc as the primary alloying element. It is strong, with strength comparable to many steels, and has good fatigue strength and average machinability, but has less resistance to …
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Angle Heads Reduce Vertical Machining Costs
By avoiding additional setups and operations for hard-to-reach areas of complex geometries, the angle heads promote reduced time and costs in machining China. Developed using Aluminum Airborne and FEA (Finite Element Analysis) simulations, the angle …
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Rethinking architecture
Given the environmental footprint of typical steel, concrete, brick and aluminum logics, this will massively tax the Earth-surface resources and produce untenable atmospheric pollution, Goulthorpe says. Thermoplastics offer a lightweight, non-corrosive …
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