ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Forward Operating Bases are typically surrounded by barbed wire, concrete barriers, gates, watchtowers and other infrastructures. A new material – aluminum foam – may be ...
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In 2020, architecture firm Kohn Pederson Fox (KPF) unveiled its new headquarters tower for the Doosan Group located in Seoul, South Korea. The Bundang Doosan Tower is created with stacked masses ...
The project, dubbed ‘EarthCampus’, involves an extensive renovation to an existing 26,000 square-foot cement block building housing technology and manufacturing divisions, along with the addition of a ...
In all climate zones, the various forms of metal cladding—single-skin panels, metal composite materials (MCM) panels, and insulated metal panels (IMPs)—are proving to be reliable, durable elements on ...
Making a vehicle that’s completely impervious to bullets isn’t impossible, but it would be so bulky and heavy from its thick armor plating that it would barely be able to move. Unless you build it ...
A new study from NC State University suggests that a lightweight “metal foam” could prevent hazardous-material tank cars from rupturing during derailments, offering a potential safety upgrade as ...
New research from North Carolina State University and the U.S. Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate shows that stainless steel composite metal foam (CMF) can block blast pressure and ...
Norway's largest industrial company, Norsk Hydro ASA, is taking a 14-per-cent stake in a tiny Mississauga company in a strategic move to speed up development in the cutting-edge field of aluminum foam ...