Gilbert Smith is an automotive journalist with over five years of specialized research and writing experience. Before joining CarBuzz in 2024, he produced in-depth buyer’s guides and feature articles ...

What are Ceramic Matrix Composites? Composite materials typically consist of two components: a reinforcement part to provide mechanical strength and a matrix material that holds all the components ...

In the early 1980s, buzz grew loud around the use of ceramics in motor vehicles. Given advances in the technology, certain experts argued, it would not be too long before entire engines could be ...

The GE9X engine is a smaller variant of the GE90 turbofan jet engine, but it will be the largest engine in terms of fan size, according to a GE Aviation representative, “and about in the middle in ...

A flexible ceramic has properties similar to metal. It's tougher than the latter, but you can flex it like no other. A new study from a group of Chinese scientists suggests that it can revolutionize a ...

The global Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) Market in Aircraft Engines is segmented based on aircraft type, component type, engine type, application type, engine-zone type, material type, process type ...

A new technique from Purdue University is designed to improve missiles, engines and drinking glasses made from ceramic materials. (Stock photo) Something as simple as an electric field could soon make ...

Last year's $2 billion shutdown of European airspace following a volcanic eruption in Iceland alerted everyone to the danger that ash clouds can pose to aircraft engines. Now, researchers have ...