Benchmarking the Technology and Application of Lightweighting

Abstract

The Committee on Benchmarking the Technology and Application of Lightweighting (CBTAL) was appointed on June 2010 and held its first meeting in July 2010. The committee held its second and third meetings on September 20-21, 2010 and October 28-29, 2010, respectively. Its fourth and final meeting was held at the NRCs Beckman Center in Irvine CA on January 17-19, 2011. The report was released as a prepublication draft on December 12, 2011. The final book version of the report was released in 2012and is available at http://www.nap.edu/catalog/13277/application-of-lightweighting-technology-to military-vehicles-vessels-and-aircraft. Additional copies of the book are available to sponsors on request of the National Materials and Manufacturing Board (NMMB).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 13, 2015
Accession Number
AD1053427

Entities

People

  • James Lancaster

Organizations

  • National Academy of Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircraft Engines
  • Aircrafts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Lightweight
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Military Vehicles
  • Students
  • Technology Transfer
  • Universities
  • Vehicles

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