Made easy with light
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 07:14
in Physics & Chemistry
The lighter, the better. Mountains are easier to conquer with mountain bikes that weigh less. Cars with less weight bearing down on the axles save on gas. Design engineers are doing their best to whittle down airplanes, satellites and wind turbines, too, gram by gram. Fibre-reinforced thermoplastics are ideal for use in sporting equipment - and in the automotive industry, as well as in aerospace. They are fifty to seventy percent lighter than steel and fifteen to twenty percent lighter than aluminium; their stability and breaking strength are impressive...