E earthman Member Messages 1,560 Jul 20, 2019 #1 Found this very interesting, for a piece of titanium to bend that much, 7.43 minutes in.
grim_d Unlikeable idiot. Messages 4,218 Location Scotland - Ayrshire Jul 20, 2019 #2 It is very interesting but it's hardly a new thing...simply an evolution of an already established practice. Watch the AVE "companion" video to this. The microscopic scale if some of this stuff is mind-blowing.
It is very interesting but it's hardly a new thing...simply an evolution of an already established practice. Watch the AVE "companion" video to this. The microscopic scale if some of this stuff is mind-blowing.
Brad93 Member Messages 17,581 Location Essex, United Kingdom Jul 20, 2019 #3 Titanium is seriously flexible stuff. It will elastically bend far beyond the yield point of steel. 3D printing it is pretty cool. I imagine it’s heat treated to unify the structure though.
Titanium is seriously flexible stuff. It will elastically bend far beyond the yield point of steel. 3D printing it is pretty cool. I imagine it’s heat treated to unify the structure though.
grim_d Unlikeable idiot. Messages 4,218 Location Scotland - Ayrshire Jul 20, 2019 #4 Here's an interesting video in a similar vein, it focuses relatively heavily on the compliment mechanism (accelerometer) that controls airbag deployment.
Here's an interesting video in a similar vein, it focuses relatively heavily on the compliment mechanism (accelerometer) that controls airbag deployment.