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Visitors to Wittman Field for the Experimental Aircraft Assn.'s
(EAA) AirVenture 2016 (July 25-31, Oshkosh, WI, US) will have
the opportunity to attend a reprise of last year's multi-day
infusion processing demonstration, again sponsored by Innegra
Technologies (Greenville, SC, US) and hosted by Innegra's infusion
expert Russ Emanis. More extensive than the 2015 ofering, it will
involve infusion of the majority of parts for two composite aircraft,
including the Star-Lite (pictured at
right). Distributor Composites One
(Arlington Heights, IL, US) will have
two technical specialists on hand and
a host of suppliers will donate mate-
rials, equipment and supplies to help
with the processing. "This is all about
education," says Emanis. "We're
going to demonstrate single bag
and double-bag infusion methods,
and people will see the diferences
between epoxy and vinyl ester
infusion."
Read a more detailed preview at
short.compositesworld.com/EAADemo16
A demo schedule is available at the
Innegra Web site | www.innegratech.com
For more about EAA's AirVenture
2016, visit | www.eaa.org/en/airventure
Oshkosh Fly-In: Multi-day infusion demo
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Fly-In Infusion Demo
is simply a fxed fraction of trace.
Beyond their simplicity, trace-based
calculations net the user many design
benefts (see short.compositesworld.com/
CompoTrace and short.compositesworld.com/
TraceWS).
Tsai, Melo and others are ofering a
Composites Design Workshop, June
20-24, to give participants a solid
foundation and skills to master this
invariant-based approach. The inten-
sive online course includes 20 hours
of sessions via WebEx; live software
demonstrations and practice sessions;
a free copy of the book referenced
above; additional free reference
books; a copy of MicMac and iMicMac
software packages designed by Tsai;
and access to an interactive Q&A;
forum. Registration and cost informa-
tion can be found here: web.stanford.edu/
group/composites/Workshop/priceinfo.html.
For those new to the concept, Dr.
Tsai will reintroduce the trace invariant
to CW readers in an illustrated article
scheduled for the August issue.