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54 All-composite
ROTORwing Prototype
UAV
Composites enable construction,
and handle unique VTOL loads, of
unmanned aerial vehicles' helicop-
ter-to-airplane conversion.
By Donna Dawson
JULY
volume: twenty-two
number: four
5 From the Editor
Jeff Sloan notes the closing gap
between "aerospace" and "indus-
trial" composites.
7 Market Trends
Michael Del Pero says the industry
is ripe for mergers and acquisitions
activities.
9 Composites:
Perspectives &
Provocations
Columnist Dale Brosius sees "aero-
space" and "industrial" innovation
as a two-way street.
11 Speaking Out
Dr. Stephen Tsai suggests acceler-
ating certifcation with "overnight
design allowables."
15 Testing Tech
Dr. Don Adams discusses compact
tension fracture toughness testing.
19 By the Numbers
Steve Kline Jr. updates the U.S.
Composites Business Index for
April and May 2014.
21 News
45 Calendar
47 Applications
49 New Products
52 Marketplace
52 Ad Index
53 Showcase
28 JEC Americas 2014
Review
Composites industry exhibitors at this
combined show emphasized the textile
side of the fber/resin mix and touted pro-
cess automation.
By Ginger Gardiner
32 Work in Progress:
Extending Robotic
NDT to Aerospace
Certifcation
Automating current manual testing prom-
ises increased speed, reduced cost, ear-
lier damage detection and more detailed
analysis of damage growth.
By Ginger Gardiner
34 Update: TAPAS 2
The next steps in thermoplastic architecture.
By Jeff Sloan
36 Inside Manufacturing:
Composites Steady
Radio Telescope
Refector
Precise carbon fber-reinforced dish pro-
totype could be the model for as many as
2,500 telescopes in the Square Kilometre
Array.
By Jeff Sloan
FEATURES COLUMNS
DEPARTMENTS
ON THE COVER
This prototype 15m/49.2-ft diameter
radio telescope primary reflector dish
was built by the National Research
Council Canada (Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada) for the Square Kilometre
Array project, an ambitious multina-
tional effort to deploy thousands of
similar radio telescopes in remote
regions of South Africa and Australia
to receive space-based radio signals.
See the story on p. 36.
Source: NRC-Canada
FOCUS ON DESIGN
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