ESA’s detailed testing of this natural-fibre composite has helped it find wider terrestrial uses in turn, including inside McLaren Racing’s Formula 1 cars. Fibres from the flax plant, cultivated in ...
A plant fibre can be compared to a composite material that is reinforced with cellulose fibrils (Figure 1) [1]. These are oriented helically at an angle called the microfibrillar angle. In a composite ...
Following the successful utilisation of renewable raw materials in racing cars, the BMW Group says it will now harness natural fibre composites for its series-production models. BMW maintains it has ...