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Disaster Resistant Panels
Soon after Hurricane Andrew caused $20 billion in damages and havoc in Florida, AEWC researchers began exploring ways to safeguard buildings from natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes. They focused on easy-to-manufacture, inexpensive construction panels which would provide improved resistance to hurricanes and other natural disasters.
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Rigidified Inflatable Composite Arches
In partnership with the U.S. Army Natick Soldier RD & E Center, researchers at AEWC have developed a novel rigidified, inflatable composite arch that acts as both formwork and structural reinforcement for a variety of applications including short and medium span bridges, temporary buildings, underground storage facilities, tunnels, overpasses, and hangers.
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Blast Resistant Wood Structures
AEWC in partnership with the US Army Corps of Engineers R & D Center has developed blast-resistant structures with coated wood framing members, panels and subassemblies. These blast-resistant materials are economically coated to enhance the construction material’s ductility and energy dissipation capacity.
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Mark V Patrol Boat
In partnership with Hodgdon Yachts and Maine Marine Manufacturing, AEWC has designed and launched a prototype composites special operations boat to replace the current aluminum hull craft used by the Navy Seals. -
The Modular Ballistic Protection System
The Modular Ballistic Protection System, developed in the AEWC laboratories in partnership with the US Natick Army Soldier RD&E Center, was named by the American Composites Manufacturers Association as winner of two of the composites industry’s highest awards in 2007.
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FRP Glulam Bridges
AEWC has worked extensively over a period of years developing models and design specifications for FRP-glulam bridges; evaluating the durability of FRP-glulam bridges through material level and full scale testing; and constructing, evaluating and monitoring FRP-glulam bridges.
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