If you've spent anytime around performance vehicles — cars, high speed boats, aircraft, bicycles, etc. — you've likely seen carbon fiber used somewhere in the construction. It might seem like wizardry ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

Carbon fibers consist of thin filaments (5–10 micrometers in diameter) made of long chains of carbon atoms arranged in a polycrystalline structure. These fibers contain 92–100 wt% anisotropic carbon ...

New research from engineers at Monash University and RMIT has revealed that moisture absorption is the most important factor in how carbon fiber used in aircraft degrades over time. The discovery ...

Carbon fiber has long been integral to boatbuilding, but its role has typically been limited to visual accents, deck pieces, or the composition of offshore racing yachts. The exotic material is now ...

Korean firms collaborate on chemical decomposition technology that recovers carbon fibers with 95.7% efficiency for global ...

Four-month project involved full interior rework of a Mustang GT500 cabin in which soft trim, leather and forged carbon fiber ...