Led by professors John Ochsendorf and Les Norford from the Building Technology Group in the School of Architecture + Planning’s Department of Architecture, newly released concrete life cycle research analyzes the overall performance of residential buildings, commercial buildings and highway pavements for different climatic regions, considering all phases of their life cycle from production and transportation through construction, maintenance and operations and finally through disposal.
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MIT researchers have produced carbon fibers coated in carbon nanotubes without degrading the underlying fiber's strength. The engineered fibers may be woven into composites to make stronger, lighter airplane parts.Image: Stephen Steiner
Planes, trains and automobiles: faster, stronger, lighter
New technique advances carbon-fiber composites.
