From NASA’s technical reports server on fracture toughness of thin plates Many emerging commercial structures such as fuel cell elements and diesel particulate filters consist of thin brittle plates. The fracture toughness of such thin plates is of interest for...
From NASA’s technical reports server on chevron-notched specimens The chevron notched four-point bend specimen provides a convenient method for measuring fracture resistance of very brittle materials which are difficult to precrack. Read the full memorandum...
SOMERVILLE, MA: Joe and Theresa Annese of Bomas Machine Specialties, Inc. have announced the purchase of the entire commercial building at 334 Washington Street, Somerville, MA. Bomas has been operating at that location since 1979, and according to Joe, the new real...
When you talk Ceramics around the dinner table, you know it’s a family affair. I remember back in the 1990s (when I was ‘just a little guy’) how my grandparents would come for dinner and my dad (Joe Annese) and grandfather (Pat Annese) would talk Ceramics. Especially...
According to “Global Market Study on Automotive Composites: Polymer Matrix Composites to be the Largest Segment by 2022,” a recent report from Persistence Market Research, the global automotive composites market was valued at $3.1 billion in 2014 and is expected to...
