Pagani's got carbotanium, right?

"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy) 06/01/2015 at 11:57 • Filed to: None

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Well I have three other metals here: tungsten, iridium, and osmium. Which of these three would kiss with !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! carbon fiber better? And what’s gonna the properties and attributes of said material?

spanfucker retire bitch > Wheelerguy 06/01/2015 at 12:10

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Just throw graphene at anything and everything. That seems to be the exact same method actual researchers are doing.

I’ve heard of graphene being used in everything from making better batteries, new material to replace silicon in processors, reducing friction, increasing efficiency in solar panels, making incredibly strong carbon nanotubes - the list just literally goes on and on.

Wheelerguy > spanfucker retire bitch 06/01/2015 at 12:13

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Question is... what metal from the choices would meld with CF better?

spanfucker retire bitch > Wheelerguy 06/01/2015 at 12:15

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Like I said, just throw them all together, one by one and figure it out.

If you’re asking as a serious question, I have no idea, I’m not a materials science engineer.

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > Wheelerguy 06/01/2015 at 13:02

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Osmium and iridium are only good at being dense. I’d go with tungsten but I’m a biologist not an engineer so ignore my advince

Wheelerguy > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 06/01/2015 at 13:10

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I was thinking tungsten, too. The fact that it can be made into thin filament should also help with weaving.

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > Wheelerguy 06/01/2015 at 13:30

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Since tungsten is so heat resistant, it will be interesting if the blend will conduct heat away and make the fiber more heat resistant. Some kind of light weight heat sink?

Wheelerguy > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 06/01/2015 at 13:40

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Oooohhhh, neat.

We’ve gotta ask a materials expert, though.

Levitas > Wheelerguy 06/01/2015 at 19:02

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If you are interested in the science behind composites, look up micromechanics specifically. That branch deals with how the two different materials (fibers and matrix, or the resin) combine to make a ‘new’, effective material property of the composite.

On a side note, I’ve taken 2 classes for my Master’s degree on composite mechanics and material property classification. I even asked my professor, who has done quite a lot of research with both car and aircraft companies, what he thought of ‘carbotanium’. His answer was that from the sounds of it, it doesn’t actually offer and extra strength offer regular carbon fiber. He also wouldn’t say anything about changes in flexural properties or fracture resistance.

Another thing to keep in mind when considering other materials, is that the stresses between the fibers and matrix can have very weird values and impacts on various strengths. This is currently a very hotly researched area currently, with no definite analytical models.