COMPOSITES CASE STUDIES
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- Airbus A380 engine pylon covers (TenCate Advanced Composites)
- Airbus A400M thermoplastic ice protection plates (TenCate Advanced Composites)
- Aussie ingenuity launches world-first flight simulator (Composites Australia)
- Bespoke resin transfer mould frames for Dowty propellers (Future Advanced Manufacturing)
- Composite floor panels for military aircraft (LUSAS)
- Composite helicopter tailboom (AFP): design for manufacturing (AddComposites)
- Composite landing gear struts (LUSAS)
- Cure capable mandrel for aerospace structures (TenCate Advanced Composites)
- Evolution of the composite fuselage: a manufacturing perspective (Alan Hiken/InTechOpen)
- High strength thermoset composite fan blade (IDI Composites International)
- Honeycomb core kits for the Airbus A380 (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Hybrid thermoplastic tail rudder technology demonstrator (TenCate Advanced Composites)
- Light sports aircraft (MDPI Aerospace)
- Prototype model for aerodynamic and aero-acoustic identification test of a low-speed business jet wing (Future Advanced Manufacturing)
- Thermoplastic galley trolley for aircraft interiors (Tencate Advanced Composites)
- Thermoplastic upper spar for an aircraft engine pylon (Tencate Advanced Composites)
- Toolings / carbon moulds and jigs for aircraft (Formtech Composites)
- Unmanned Air Vehicle – Qinetiq Zephyr Z7 (Formtech Composites)
- World's first thermoplastic rear pressure bulkhead (Tencate Advanced Composites)
Architecture, building, civil and structural engineering (also see Bridges and walkways)
- 17 storey building Moscow (Composites UK)
- 2016 Rio Olympic cauldron by Newell Composites (Composites Australia)
- Architect pushes the boundaries of advanced composite technology (Composites Australia)
- Architectural designs in composites – Swanston Square (Composites Australia)
- Architectural designs in composites – WA’s elite sports training centre (Composites Australia)
- Airshaft lining panels (Composites UK)
- Aire Valley sewer pipeline (Composites UK)
- Ambitious architecture with composites (Composites Australia)
- Apple Zorfu glass lantern (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Astelco telescope dome (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Byker Wall Estate refurbishment (Composites UK)
- Calder and Rubha Glas viaducts (Composites UK)
- Church dome (Compositesbuild.com)
- Clock tower (Compositesbuild.com)
- Ciject® machines used in award winning architectural project (Composite Integration)
- Composite pipes secure Australia’s modern water and sewer infrastructure (Composites Australia)
- Curtain wall (Compositebuild.com)
- Daylight System translucent wall (Compositebuild.com)
- Dasyc transportable composite hangars (Hexcel)
- Dokaae Tower clock and crescent (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Echo sculpture (SHD Composites)
- Emirates Palace (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Foundation walls (Compositebuild.com)
- FRP exhibition stand (Premier Composite Technologies)
- FRP facade for RAK Gateway (Premier Composite Technologies)
- FRP reinforced concrete solves construction dilemma (Composites Australia)
- Halo: the art of composites (Composites Australia)
- Hospital’s spiraling sculpture to uplift and connect (Composites Australia)
- Hotel curves (Compositebuild.com)
- Mardyke Gardens Pavilion (Composites UK)
- Mataf ceiling (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Medina Haram Piazza shading umbrellas (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Medina station concourse roof (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Modular fabrication FRP exhibition stand (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Mondeor Mosque in Johannesburg (Premier Composite Technologies)
- New Assembly Hall in Angola (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Office Facade (Compositebuild.com)
- Penguin Composites ~ manufacturing in a small economy (Composites Australia)
- Pilot Nano House (Composites UK)
- Prophets Holy Mosque (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Putra Mosque in Malaysia (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Rain screen (Compositebuild.com)
- Rebar (Compositebuild.com)
- Renovation of fountains (Composites UK)
- Retaining wall (Compositebuild.com)
- Seismic II – Platform-based approach for construction (National Composites Centre)
- Shamiya Dome (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan mosque (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Sky Over Nine Columns in Venice (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Startlink House (Composites UK)
- Steve Jobs Theatre Pavilion (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Structural Science achieve excellence with Ciject equipment (Composite Integration/access covers)
- Synthetic stone slabs (Composites UK)
- Transnational Highway (Composites UK)
- Wilayah Mosque in Malaysia (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Alfa Romeo 4C monocoque (TenCate Advanced Composites)
- Aston Martin - Valkyrie Hypercar Program (TenCate Advanced Composites)
- Audi R8 Carbon Fiber X-Brace (Hexcel)
- Automotive forward lighting (IDI Composites International)
- Battery tray for electric vehicles and supersports cars with hybrid-power train (Formtech Composites)
- Belleville springs (Composite Structures)
- Bloodhound SSC (SHD Composites)
- Brake ducts / floors / front wings / aeroparts / bodyworks for F1 Teams (Formtech Composites)
- Bus builders increase uptake of composite solutions (Composites Australia)
- ‘Car of the Future’ drives composites innovation (Composites Australia)
- Carbon fibre redefines the future of freestyle motocross (Composites Australia)
- CFC wheel weight reduction (Sci.Eng.Comp.Mat, 2019)
- Carbon fibre wheel (CompositesWorld)
- Composite hybrid wheel under development (Formtech Composites)
- Composite wheel tub (Composite Materials Engineering Pty Ltd)
- Composites for electric vehicles and automotive sector (Green Energy and Intelligent Transportation)
- Concept_One (SHD Composites)
- Curv AMR-C01 Aston Martin Luxury Home Racing Simulator (Composites Evolution)
- Demonstrator bonnet panel for a race-bred supercar (Composites Evolution)
- Development of hybrid-BIW-structures for Urban Mobility Vehicle (Formtech Composites)
- Gearbox / Oiltank – engineering, manufacturing and validation for high end motorsport components (Formtech Composites)
- Ginetta G55 GT3 (Formtech Composites)
- Ginetta G57 (SHD Composites)
- Ginetta GT4 Race Car Rear Wing (Composites Evolution, natural fibre prepregs)
- Graphene-enhanced automotive seat back (Coventive Composites)
- Heat shield integration into floor for high performance cars (Formtech Composites)
- Jaguar F-type underbody panel (TenCate Advanced Composites)
- John Deere's green machine (Compositebuild.com)
- Leaf spring
- Leaf springs (Composite Structures review paper 2019).
- Lightweight electric go-kart (WMG)
- Lightweight natural fibre car door (Composites Evolution)
- Lightweight seat back project (WMG)
- Light weighting heavy truck (Compositebuild.com)
- Metisse motorcycle footrest bracket (Hexcel)
- Monocoque – development, engineering and manufacturing for automotive and motorsports (Formtech Composites)
- Motorcycle swingarm (Reinforced Plastics/Materials Today)
- Motorcycles, (book chapter).
- Marky’s specialist composite solutions deliver exceptional products (Composites Australia)
- Optimised adhesives for automotive applications (WMG)
- Punch Powertrain solar team (SHD Composites)
- Recyclable, carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic door (CompositesWorld)
- Show car Veritas III RS “from spaceframe to finish” for London Salon Prive in 5 weeks (Formtech Composites)
- SMC engine underhood protector (IDI Composites International)
- Solar arrays for next generation satellites (Tencate Advanced Composites)
- ‘Star’ performers in building international markets (Composites Australia)
- Structural body panels (Composite Materials Engineering Pty Ltd)
- Suspension arm, coil spring and road wheel (AJ Wootton, JC Hendry, AK Cruden and JDA Hughes, Structural automotive components in fibre reinforced plastics, In IH Marshall (editor) Composite Structures 3, Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, 1985, pp 19-42).
- Thermoset composite automotive impact shield (IDI Composites International)
- Tough tanker journey to secure niche market (Composites Australia)
- Ultra lightweight race wheel (WMG)
- Underbody shields (Composite Materials Engineering Pty Ltd)
- Unique composite ‘Run-Flat’ system developed in RTM by Carbon ThreeSixty (Composite Integration)
- Validation of FEA data versus crash data (Formtech Composites)
- We can be competitive, says Tricomposite’s Frank Cristiano
- Zenos E10 Chassis (Hexcel)
- Wattshop Cratus Aero Crank (Composites Evolution)
- Aberfeldy footbridge (Composites UK)
- Bird Riding footbridge (Composites UK)
- Bonds Mill lift bridge (Composites UK)
- Bradkirk footbridge (Composites UK)
- Bridge as technology demonstrator – BAE Systems (Formtech Composites)
- Bridge deck (Compositebuild.com)
- Bull Ring Farm Road overbridge parapet wall coping (Composites UK)
- Church Road bridge (Composites UK)
- Dawlish station footbridge (Composites UK)
- Development and testing of new FRP bridge deck to UK standards (Composites UK)
- Dover sea wall hybrid FRP footbridge replacement (video) (Composites UK)
- East Row Footbridge (Composites UK)
- East West Rail core walkways (Composites UK)
- Doncaster Carr flooring and handrails (Composites UK)
- Emersons Green East cycle footbridge (Composites UK)
- Fibre-reinforced polymer composite bridges in Europe (University of Plymouth)
- First Polish FRP road bridge (video) (Composites UK)
- Foryd Harbour Bridge (Composites UK)
- FRP parapets (Composites UK)
- Goldthorpe Station replacement platform deck (Composites UK)
- Halgavor bridge (Composites UK)
- Hilly Fields footbridge (Composites UK)
- Kiora Sluice footbridge (Composites UK)
- Launder aqueduct (Composites UK)
- London Kings Cross Station southern colonnade entrance (Composites UK)
- Maidenhead sidings access platforms (Dura Composites)
- Manchester Piccadilly Station cantilevered access staircase (Composites UK)
- Mapledurham bridge (Composites UK)
- Mataf elevated walkway (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Mort Lane parapet (Composites UK)
- Moss Canal bridge (Composites UK)
- Moulsford Viaduct (Dura Composites)
- Mount Pleasant bridge (Composites UK)
- Needham Market railway station platform (Dura Composites)
- Parsons footbridge (Composites UK)
- Polydeck expand production with more Ciject equipment (Composite Integration/anti-slip surfaces and structures)
- Prince Street bridge (Composites UK)
- Purfleet footbridge (Composites UK)
- Repairing Australia’s aging bridges (Composites Australia)
- River Chor aqueduct (Composites UK)
- River Leri Footbridge (Composites UK)
- Sedlescombe bridge (Composites UK)
- St Austell railway bridge (Composites UK)
- Thompsons bridge deck (Composites UK)
- Thompsons bridge deck reinforcement (Composites UK)
- Thornaby footbridge (Composites UK)
- Ultra-strong, lightweight pedestrian bridge (Composites Australia)
- West Mill bridge (Composites UK)
- Wilcott bridge (Composites UK)
- Corrosive walkway (Compositebuild.com)
- Evaporator access platform (Composites UK)
- Failure Analysis of a GRP Tank (Coventive Composites)
- Industrial scrubber (Compositebuild.com)
- Manufacturing evolution for FRP tanks, vessels, and silos (IIE Transactions)
- Minworth waste water treatment works (Composites UK)
- Oil Change Bay (Compositebuild.com)
- Scrubber for the treatment of biogas (CompositesWorld)
- Tank walls reinforcement (Composites UK)
- Ballistic composites for BAe Panther Future Command and Liaison Vehicle (FCLV) (Composite Integration)
- Ballistic helmets (Composites Part B: Engineering, 2022)
- Bodywork panels for armored vehicles (Formtech Composites)
- Composite radomes (LUSAS)
- Composites contribute to next generation armoured defence vehicle (Composites Australia)
- Composites ‘top hat’ secures Silent Anzac (Composites Australia)
- Defence contracts boost Steber International (Composites Australia)
- Finite Element Analysis of GRP antenna shrouds (Coventive Composites)
- General Dynamics LiveTV technologically advanced triband satcom radome (TenCate Advanced Composites)
- Global searchlight markets broaden opportunities (Composites Australia)
- Military composite helmet (Applied Composite Materials journal)
- Ocelot / AMPV – doors and hinges – Force Protection (Formtech Composites)
- Penguin Composites secures $8 million defence contract (Composites Australia)
- Self-Reinforced Polymer (SRP) lightweight body armour (Coventive Composites)
- High strength thermoset composite pallet (IDI Composites International)
- Nestable Euro pallets (Composite Materials Engineering Pty Ltd)
Design, materials and miscellaneous
- A design approach to high performance composites (Composites Australia)
- Carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic tapes (Coventive Composites)
- Case studies x6 (Polygon Idea Center)
- Estimating impact damage in honeycomb sandwich panels (LUSAS)
- Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) and aluminium bolted T-joints (LUSAS)
- Kopter Group structural thermoset prepregs (TenCate Advanced Composites)
- Nanomaterials for advanced composites (WMG)
- Non Destructive Testing (NDT) (Formtech Composites)
- Recyclamine® epoxy resin system in manufacturing environments (Connora Composites)
- The reality of self-healing polymers (Composites Australia)
- Bath surfaces (Compositebuild.com)
- Bespoke furniture design calls for composites (Composites Australia)
- Clean room panels (Compositesbuild.com)
- Electrical cabinets (Compositebuild.com)
- Entry doors (Compositebuild.com)
- Opening the door to long term success (Composite Integration)
- Rowbree luggage, lamps, tables, wine racks, shot paddles and frisbees (SHD Composites)
- Windows (Compositebuild.com)
- AMRC composite robot (High Value Manufacturing Catapult)
- Carbon fibre rollers in the printing, papermaking and allied industries (Leipzig Institute for Printing, Processing and Packaging)
- Composite robot offers flexible, low cost alternative to purpose built machining solutions (AMRC)
- Carbon fibre production heats up (Composites Australia)
- Crossover from RTM to resin infusion (Composite Integration)
- Direct infusion developments (Composite Integration)
- Infusion at The National Composites Centre (Composite Integration)
- Injection moulding long natural fibre thermoplastic (LFT) (Coventive Composites)
- Industry leading composite tooling material (TenCate Advanced Composites)
- Innovative composite materials repair ageing pipes (Composites Australia)
- Innovative Russian companies move to RTM (Composite Integration)
- Investment in management system gives CST the edge (Composites Australia)
- Providing a solid base for high-volume RTM production (Composite Integration)
- RTM process used to simulate wood (Composite Integration)
- Artemis-Team Endeavour rigging repair (AC Marine & Composites)
- Aussie composites technology steers America’s Cup win (Composites Australia)
- Boating Green (Compositebuild.com)
- Broadblue Rapier 550 at Multimarine (Composite Intergration)
- Carbon fibre innovation takes a family business to international success (Composites Australia)
- Carkeek 40 IRC racing yacht (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Carkeek 40MKII (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Carkeek 47 (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Carkeek 60 (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Composite Integration infused catamaran achieves winning status (Composite Integration)
- Composite wingsail design (LUSAS)
- Composites enter the realm of the ‘tinny’ (Composites Australia)
- Composites give new life and safety to cyclone-ravaged wharf (Composites Australia)
- Composites top traditional aluminium to deliver high performance pilot boat (Composites Australia)
- Corrosion-resistant fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) pilings (CompositesWorld)
- CST Composites supports sailors going for gold (Composites Australia)
- Design of carbon fibre mast, turret and boom components for a new yacht rig (LUSAS)
- DIAM 24 Sailing Trimaran (Hexcel)
- Discovery Yachts move forwards (Composite Integration)
- Echo Yachts sets out to revive WA’s superyacht manufacturing reputation (Composites Australia)
- Farr Yacht Design FARR 280 One Design (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Farr Yacht Design FARR400 (Premier Composite Technologies)
- FiberPILE FRP composite pipe pilings (CompositesWorld)
- Great Cup 32 (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Horizon Yachts "Innovation is the path toward excellence" (Composite Integration)
- Judel Vrolijk 74 (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Judel Vrolijk IRC52 (Premier Composite Technologies)
- KER53 cruiser racer (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Large scale infusion work at Princess Yachts (Composite Integration)
- Hydrofoil boards (IDI Composites International)
- Infusion at Scorpion RIBs (Composite Integration)
- International 5.5 metre class racing yacht (Composites Evolution)
- Maritimo’s quest to build the best boats (Composites Australia)
- Mills 45 (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Offshore structures, naval vessels, yacht hulls, canoes, sailcloth (University of Plymouth)
- Olympic success: optimised boat building (AC Marine & Composites)
- Quality drives Riviera’s recovery, growth (Composites Australia)
- Premier 45 (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Premier Dragon (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Premier Landmark 43 IRC cruiser racer (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Premier P38 (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Premier P38 MKII (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Premier P55 (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Premier P61 (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Premier P61s (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Propeller ducts on an air-cushion barge in the North Caspian Sea (AC Marine & Composites Limited)
- Rowers power towards gold with carbon fibre technology (Composites Australia)
- Scientists build case for Navy uptake of composites (Composites Australia)
- Superfoiler Grand Prix contenders are groundbreaking composite machines (Composites Australia)
- Sykes has sights on gold at Rio (Composites Australia)
- TransPac 52 (TP52) (Premier Composite Technologies)
- What is Finite Element Analysis? (Coventive Composites)
- Finite Element Analysis: How to create a great model (Coventive Composites)
- Alstom Transport France 3UFC R4 office car ceiling (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Alstom Transport France Regiolis PP/Intercité vestibule interiors (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Biocomposite rail carriage door (Composites Evolution)
- Delft Hyperloop: transportation redesigned (TenCate Advanced Composites)
- Downer EDI Rail CQ06 Sunlander 14 prepreg train front end (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Downer EDI Rail CW05 train front end (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Downer EDI Rail CW05 train interiors (Premier Composite Technologies)
- Hyperloop competition winner (TenCate Advanced Composites)
- Lightweight train seating support (Composites Evolution)
- Prototype rail bogie from recycled carbon fiber (CompositesWorld)
- Reading area signalling renewals (Composites UK)
- Sicut composite railway sleepers (Composites UK)
- Advanced composites in solar (Composite Materials Engineering Pty Ltd)
- Analysis of wind turbine blade (Strand7)
- Atlantis Resources AR1500 tidal turbine cutting-edge carbon blades (AC Marine & Composites)
- Beatrice wind farm (Composites UK)
- Composite hydrogen pressure vessel (National Composites Centre)
- Composite technologies for large wind turbine blades (Sandia National Laboratories)
- DataFish® tidal buoy (AC Marine & Composites)
- Innovative composite wind turbine blade design (STRUCTeam)
- Materials for wind turbine blades (MDPI Materials)
- Recycling wind turbine blades to make a bike shelter (CleanTechnica)
- Structural reuse of ... wind turbine blades (Resources, Conservation and Recycling)
- Wind energy (Compositebuild.com)
Sports (also see Marine and watersports)
- Asymmetric composite crossbow limb (University of Plymouth)
- Bruce and Walker hand built carbon fibre fishing rods (SHD Composites)
- Composites green surfing, skate boarding (Composites Australia)
- Footwear (TenCate)
- Orthogolfer Elite® over-the-counter golf “orthotic" (Tencate Advanced Composites)
- Sit-Ski project (SHD Composites)
- Sports shoes (Design Technology)
- Tuning the running shoe (CompositesWorld)
- Véronique Michaud, Helen Teixidó and Ignaas Verpoest, Composites in Olympic and Paralympic Sports, JEC Bulletin, 2024.
Created by John Summerscales on 05-Jul-2018 and updated on 02-Jul-2024 9:15,
for the HEFCE Catalyst funded project
Closing the skills gap and supporting the Industrial Strategy through curriculum development.
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