The organization's very impressive facilities are to be used to perform thermal testing of the tiles for the European Space Shuttle, Hermes. IPL space frames, consisting of a series of hyperbolic envelopes, have a very low density of edge bars and vertex joints. Used as roofs in aircraft hangers, free spans 3 to 4 times today's conventional structures are attainable. Large SDI space structures utilizing IPL frames could be made significantly lighter and stiffer. The Dupont Corporation is sponsoring a modeling effort led by Professor Gad Marom of Hebrew University, Jerusalem Israel.
Results stress how variations of the diazoncyanide interlayer affect composite properties.
In another project fatigue and wear of hybrid composites will be studied in a joint research project between a German and two Israeli universities. Materials to be tested include carbon, aramid, glass and Kevlar fibers, epoxy matrices and varying strength interfaces. The scientific program of this international conference covered theoretical and experimental studies of defects in metal oxides and halides. It also covers those papers considered important in the sessions on computer modeling and other theoretical approaches and on transport and dielectric properties. The aeronautical engineering group at Tel Aviv University which is headed by Professor Wygnanski is a leader in experimental studies of boundary layer transition.