ROANOKE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ: LUNA) has partnered with researchers at the University of Tennessee (UT) and the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing ...

Research into carbon fiber bridges by the Michigan Department of Transportation and Lawrence Technological University, has been named to the “Sweet 16” top projects in the nation by the American ...

MADISON -- When the long-awaited Highway 151 bypass around Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, opens later this year, vehicles traveling northbound will cross DeNeveu Creek on a bridge like no other in the ...

This graphic shows an unconventional approach to making widely used composite materials stronger and tougher. Thermoplastic fibers are deposited like cobwebs on top of rigid fibers to chemically form ...

Throughout the world many reinforced concrete bridges are in a dilapidated state. There are many reasons for this, but one of the more common is cracking of the concrete leading to exposure of the ...

The Grist Mill Bridge, a 75-ft single-span bridge in Hampden, Maine, is the first in the nation to use composite tub girders with no concrete reinforcement in the superstructure, say officials. The ...

on the use of composite materials as a more long-lasting alternative to steel rebar in bridge construction could get a lift under a $1 billion measure to inspect and repair federal highway bridges.

The House gave approval last week to legislation that would distribute $1 billion in fiscal 2009 to states to replace and repair bridges deemed "structurally deficient or functionally obsolete." The ...

In Refugio County, Texas, salty coastal air and brackish water combine with a moist subtropical climate and 37 inches of rain per year to create a highly corrosive environment for steel and other ...