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3 unusual facts about fibre-reinforced plastic


Fibre-reinforced plastic

In the UK, considerable research was undertaken by pioneers such as Norman de Bruyne.

St Austell railway station

The original bridge survived for almost 150 years; it was extended when the extra line was laid in 1931 to the new goods yard, but both sections have now been replaced by Network Rail's prototype modular fibre reinforced polymer footbridge.

Zvi Hashin

In 2012, he won the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering, for his research on Micro-mechanics of failure of Fibre-reinforced plastic.


ADSS

All-dielectric self-supporting cable, a type of fibre optic cable used by electrical power transmission companies

Antidiarrhoeal

Bulking agents like methylcellulose, guar gum or plant fibre (bran, sterculia, isabgol, etc.) are used for diarrhoea in functional bowel disease and to control ileostomy output.

Basic physics of the violin

Excitation of string vibration is generally provided by a bow consisting of a flat ribbon of parallel horse hairs stretched between the ends of a stick, which may be made of wood or synthetic material such as fiberglass or carbon-fiber composite.

Basslink

The Tasmanian Government uses it, as well as the TasGovNet fibre backbone, as part of the Connect Tasmania Core infrastructure, to facilitate a more competitive telecommunications industry within the state.

BioNeutra

BioNeutra is a Canada-based agri-biotechnology manufacturer of patented technology to produce the food ingredients and natural fibre sweeteners, Isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO) and Fructooligosaccharide (FOS).

Caving equipment

Early systems of ascending ropes were developed by Pierre Chevalier in the Dent de Crolles cave system in France in the late 1930s, Chevalier also being the first to use nylon rope in a cave as opposed to natural fibre rope.

CCIE Certification

An individual certified in CCIE Storage will be highly skilled with LANs, MANs and WANs over Fibre Channel, iSCSI, FCIP and FICON, and must demonstrate in-depth understanding of layer 2 and layer 3 network infrastructures.

CKLN

Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network, a CARICOM agency responsible for the region's fibre optic network.

Community Broadband Network

In 2006 CBN signed a joint venture agreement with Dutch consultancy Close the Gap which was responsible for conceiving, planning and delivering the OnsNet (“our net” in English) Fibre to the Home (Ftth) project in the market town of Nuenen and then in Eindhoven.

Crimplene

Britain's defunct ICI Fibres Laboratory developed the fibre in the early 1950s and named it after the Crimple Valley in which the company was situated.

Crown Fibre Holdings

Crown Fibre Holdings Limited (CFH) is a New Zealand state-owned enterprise building a fibre-to-the-home network by means of a public–private partnership as part of the National Party's 2008 election promise of an Ultra-Fast Broadband Initiative.

Ducati Hypermotard

The more expensive 1100S featured a durable low friction diamond-like carbon (DLC) black coating to the front fork sliders, an Öhlins remote reservoir rear shock, the same Brembo Monobloc brake calipers used on the 1098, lighter forged aluminium Marchesini wheels with a red pin-stripe, Pirelli tires, plus carbon fibre fork protectors, timing belt covers, front mudguard/ fender and tail/ exhaust side panels.

Ecover Sailing Team

The Extreme 40 is one of the fastest boats on the water today, it is made from carbon fibre and can reach speeds of over 35 knots.

Fluorinated ethylene propylene

The use of a PFA liner allows to replace expensive metals and alloys like Inconel or Hastelloy with lined carbon steel or lined FRP.

GLOBE

In 2005, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) concluded that human activity is rapidly and extensively degrading ecosystem services in order to meet growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fibre and fuel.

Haemodorum coccineum

Fibres such as the stripped leaves of Pandanus spiralis or the new leaves of Livistona humilis are added to the dye-bath, and later the colored fibre is used to make items such as baskets (Pandanus) and string bags (Livistona).

Holden Coupe 60

The luxury-sports theme of The Coupe 60 is emphasised by such features as a racing-derived chassis setup, including rear-diffuser, front-splitter and carbon-fibre spoiler, and 21-inch centre-lock alloy wheels with unique design Kumho high performance semi-slick tyres.

ICI Laboratory

Britain's defunct ICI Laboratory developed the fibre in the early 1950s and named it after the Crimple Valley in which the company was situated.

Internet in New Zealand

Satellite is available from Farmside and Wireless Nation for people in areas unserviced by broadband, and fibre is being developed by several companies in individual cities, including TelstraClear, CityLink and Vector.

Internet in Sweden

In Sweden, household broadband is mainly available through cable (in speeds of 128 kbit/s to 1 Gbit/s), ADSL (256 kbit/s to 30 Mbit/s) and VDSL (256 kbit/s to 60 Mbit/s), but in many places also through copper Ethernet LAN networked via fibre MANs connecting buildings.

Jason and Iyare

Ollie Twist is currently organizing and running Fibre with Kiss FM's Manny Norte, Steve Feelgood and Hasangi at the White House in Clapham Common on the first Wednesday of the month.

Joseph Sylvester O'Halloran

In 1873 he proceeded to New Zealand, and travelled through both islands, collecting information in connection with some elaborate investigations which had been conducted in London with a view to the application of an improved process for the extraction of the fibre of the Phormium tenax.

LEMO

LEMO is both the name of an electronic and fibre optic connector manufacturer, based in Écublens, Switzerland, and the name commonly used to refer to push-pull connectors made by that company.

Matilde Marcolli

Marcolli obtained her Laurea in Physics in 1993 summa cum laude from the University of Milan under the supervision of Renzo Piccinini, with a thesis on Classes of self equivalences of fibre bundles.

Maxis Communications

They offer Prepaid data plans, call plans and SMS plans, Postpaid data plans, call plans and SMS plans, Devices, Wireless Broadband, Fibre Internet, International Roaming, MMS, WAP (over both GSM and GPRS) and Residential Fixed Line services

Maybach Zeppelin

In a novel feature for reduced noise, these were made of Novotext, a resin-impregnated fibre composite.

Mosler Automotive

A Photon variant is available which adds a Hewland transmission, thinwall subframes, BBS magnesium wheels, titanium springs, and carbon fiber seats and bodywork, reducing the car's mass to 1,980 lb (900 kg).

Oxford University Gliding Club

This wood and fabric glider was soon supplemented by a Grob G103 Twin II glass fibre two-seater, EGN, again via a loan from Pratelli, and the Ka 7 eventually moved on to another club.

Portofino

Portofino also featured on Top Gear in Episode 5, Series 12 where Richard Hammond, in a Ferrari Daytona raced James May in a carbon fibre powerboat from Portofino to St Tropez.

Portucel Soporcel

The eucalyptus, more specifically the Eucalyptus globulus species, which is considered at world level to provide the ideal fibre for the production of high-quality papers, occupies 74% of this area.

PowerTel

In 2002, PowerTel secured fifteen-year access agreements for fibre-optic network capacity, linking their Eastern State network to South Australia and Western Australia.

Rett

Retting, process employing the action of micro-organisms to dissolve cellular tissues to separate the fibre from the stem

Rolladen-Schneider LS3

Lemke elected a relatively thick profile developed in 1967 by University of Stuttgart Professor Franz Xavier Wortmann, the FX 67-K-170, which offered the structural economy made possible by a tall spar - an important consideration as glass fibre was still the only affordable reinforcement material - as well as good performance for the time.

RSD-10 Pioneer

It was based on two solid-fuel fibre-glass clad stages of the RT-21 Temp 2S (SS-16 Sinner) so it was also known as the RT-21M Pioneer.

Rumah adat

Natural materials - timber, bamboo, thatch and fibre - make up rumah adat.

Salish weaving

The other types of material used to weave were Indian hemp, nettle fibre, milkweed fibre, rushes and reeds, willow bark and more recently, domesticated sheep wool.

Sovam

In 1964 the manufacturer introduced a “Véhicule Utilitaire de Livraison” (VUL/light delivery vehicle) which used a “fibre-glass” body mounted on the shortened chassis from a Renault 4.

Standard Telecommunication Laboratories

It is now recognised as the birthplace of optical fibre communications, for it is here that Sir Charles K. Kao, George Hockham and others pioneered the use of single-mode optical fibre made from low loss glass.

Strut

Strut channel made from steel, aluminium, or fibre-reinforced plastic is used heavily in the building industry and is often used in the support of cable trays and other forms of cable management, and pipes support systems.

The Society of British Interior Design

SBID lobbies government to protect and promote the design industry for legislation change in Britain and campaigns on sustainability issues through two Ambassadors, Robin Gibb CBE of the Bee Gees, Ambassador for Intellectual Property (IP) rights and Dame Vivienne Westwood, Ambassador for Wool as a sustainable fibre.

Trimaran

First launched in 31 August 2012 at Bali Strait, 63M Carbon Fibre Composite Trimaran Fast Missile Boat (Indonesian: Kapal Cepat Rudal KCR) named KRI Klewang (625) - a traditional Indonesian single edge sword, will be the first stealth trimaran of the Indonesian Navy built by North Sea Boats at Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia.

Vauxhall Chevette

Chevrolet Vega Alloy wheels (similar in appearance to the Avon wheels used on the droopsnoot Firenza) were used, as well as a newly developed glass-reinforced plastic air dam.

Vulcanized fibre

In 1922 National Vulcanized Fiber Company emerged as the main competitor to Spaulding Fibre, which had begun developing vulcanized products in Rochester, New Hampshire and Tonawanda, New York, nearly a quarter century after the industry began in Delaware.

Xiangyang

In addition, there are a number of chemical fibre enterprises in the city including Birla Jingwei Fibres, a member of the Aditya Birla Group.

XL Axiata

Telekom Malaysia, Mora Telematika and XL Axiata has been working cooperatively to build a high-bandwidth fibre-optic submarine cable, which will stretch 400 kilometers, between the state of Malacca and Batam, through Dumai with a total cost of $7.6 million USD.


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