Opinion: Why Carbon Fiber Is China’s Next Big Breakout

Boeing 787 forward fuselage in fabrication
Credit: Jeff Sloan/JEC
When Boeing announced in 2003 that its new 787 would be the first commercial jet with a primary structure composed mostly of advanced composite materials, the modern era of carbon-fiber-reinforced composites manufacturing was born. The structural volumes of the 787, which entered service in 2011...

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