On December 4, The Boeing Company took another step in its transition from metal to composite structures. Addressing the critical training challenge posed by aircraft composites, the materials used to build the 787 Dreamliner, it honored more than 80 engineers and technical professionals at a graduation ceremony for the University of Washington-Boeing Certificate Programs in […]
BMW will be releasing a very special version of their 3 series based sports car for 2011. Although it won’t be coming to the US, the real story here is just how far BMW was willing to go in order to save weight. In total they were able to shave off 419 pounds, or almost […]
On Friday, June 11th 2011, the Seattle Chapter took a tour of the Montlake Bridge (map) near the University of Washington campus. A bridge may not seem like it is very dependent upon mass properties or weight engineering, but the Montlake Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge. A bascule (a French term for seesaw) bridge […]
With the 69th Annual International Conference on Mass Properties Engineering less than a month away, members of Boeing’s Weight Engineering department were given the opportunity to hear a presentation on inertia envelopes. Two engineers within the Mass Properties team at Boeing, Pat Mitchell and Al Balliett, have co-authored a paper on inertia envelope creation that […]
BMW announced last week that its Megacity Vehicle will launch in markets in 2013. The Megacity Vehicle will be a zero-emission urban vehicle and will use extensive amounts of carbon fiber to reduce weight. The German automaker also plans to use carbon fiber across its lineup. “We will be the first manufacturer to take carbon fiber […]