Six times stronger than steel, aromatic polyamide (aramid) is a kind of synthetic, high-performance fiber commonly used in aerospace, automotive, and military applications. Recently, these advanced ...

In tests, the new synthetic silk showed an average ultimate tensile strength of around 1 Gigapascal (GPa), and an average toughness of around 161 Megajoules per m3. That combination outperforms most ...

When engineers dream about lighter aircraft, longer-range EVs, and nimble drones, one family of metals keeps resurfacing: magnesium-lithium alloys. They’re the lightest structural metals on earth, but ...

Toray Industries Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) has developed Torayca M46X carbon fiber, a material offering that is reported to be around 20% stronger than others in the Torayca MX series while maintaining a ...

(Nanowerk News) The realistic mechanical properties of monolayer graphene have been successfully studied by a new method developed by a research team led by Dr Lu Yang, Associate Professor of ...

A kind of high-performance bulk pure tungsten with high strength and excellent ductility at low temperature, was fabricated recently by a collaborated research team from Institute of Solid State ...

Sheet metal forming operations can vary greatly in their processes. From simple bending to stretching to deep drawing of complex parts, sheet metal forming operations may take many forms. Image Credit ...