The thin-walled hybrid composite tubes developed at the University of Maine are fabricated from a combination of E-glass and carbon fiber braid infused with vinyl ester resin.
Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite sandwich panels with hybrid foam filled CFRP pyramidal lattice cores have been assembled from a carbon fiber braided net, 3D woven face sheets and various polymeric foams, and infused with an epoxy resin using a vacuum assisted resin transfer process.
In seawater, amidoxime attracts and binds uranium dioxide to the surface of the fiber braids, which can be on the order of 15 centimeters in diameter and run multiple meters in length depending on where they are deployed (see figure below).
Eels, frogs, shrimp and fish proliferate with tropical abandon, particularly in the fecund bottleneck where, viewed from above, the river appears to fray into dozens of delicate blue fibers before braiding itself back into open water.
Novel carbon/glass hybrid thermoplastic composite rods consisting of unidirectional PAN-based carbon fiber (T700SC), braids of E-class glass fibers, and thermoplastic epoxy matrix have been developed.
The strength degradation of aramid-fiber external braids was demonstrated to be quite sensitive to braid angle (in the range of 12 15°), and was relatively unaffected by both temperature and tension during cyclic bending fatigue, under low tension (1 5% of break strength) with D/d=40.
Four sericin-free silk fibers were braided into one bundle and then two bundles were braided into one cable.
Carbon fibers are braided into structures that look like mushrooms, but are actually prototypes of automotive engine valves.
In the hot-stretching stage after fibers were braided, the maximum crystallinity was achieved at around 126 °C.
Buggy whips, with their long, rigid handles and flexible end lashes, were created by braiding fiber around a hard core and had no automotive analog.
