Click Image to Enlarge Two high-pressure hydrogen fuel pressure
tanks are filament-wound simultaneously on an automated winding
machine, using carbon fiber wet out with epoxy resin. Photo
courtesy Dynetek. This rib-stiffened CFRP panel undergoes a
shear test in a frame. Note the ripples in the material as it
starts to deform. Photo courtesy National Aerospace Laboratory
NLR The Netherlands/Stork Fokker. A400M military airlifter
aircraft fuselages under construction. Upper cargo doors (white
in the photo) are CFRP. Photo courtesy Airbus. Carbon fiber
prepreg tape is layed in a mold using automated tape laying
equipment. Photo courtesy MTorres. The new 787 Dreamliner
aircraft by Boeing has an all-CFRP fuselage and is more than 50
percent composite by weight. Photo courtesy Boeing. Workers lay
up a CFRP part for Liberty’s two-place general aviation plane.
Photo courtesty Liberty Aerospace. The upper cargo door on the
new Airbus A400M military airlifter in layup. Photo courtesy
European Aeronautic Defence and Spa