Sentences with phrase «than steel yet»

BMW wanted to make the car as light as possible and, as such, it manufactures the body shell entirely of carbon fiber, a material stronger than steel yet lighter than aluminum.

It is stronger than steel yet many times lighter, more conductive than copper and more flexible than rubber.

Some 200 times stronger than steel yet lighter than paper and more flexible than a contortionist, graphene is hailed as a miracle material with the potential to revolutionize products and processes across industries from consumer electronics to biomedicine.

Not exact matches

For example, what math was used to calculate the capability of dragline silk from an orb weaver spider that is lighter than cotton, yet ounce for ounce stronger than steel, tougher than kevlar (used in bullet - proof vests), that if the silk were 0.4 inch thick with strands 1.6 inches apart and enlarged the size of a football field, could stop a jumbo jet in flight, that is flying at an average speed of about 600 mph?

Yet timber is used much less than concrete and steel in building.

They are the strongest and stiffest materials yet discovered — hundreds of times stronger than steel but six times lighter — and their unique mechanical, electrical, thermal and transport properties present exciting opportunities for research and development.

Carbon nanotubes, for example, are tens of thousands of times thinner than a human hair, yet are stronger than steel on an ounce - per - ounce basis.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have become the first to 3D print aerospace - grade carbon fiber composites, opening the door to greater control and optimization of the lightweight, yet stronger than steel material.

Individual nanotubes can be 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair, yet 100 times stronger than steel, pound - for - pound

And yet, in practice, «Real Steel» turns out to be less toxic than you'd expect, if you take it as a family picture aimed at boys, which it is, and grant that boys have an endless appetite for robot smashing, which they do.

Man of Steel was a complete bomb, and Batman v Superman somehow lowered the bar even further than that, yet I honestly don't think Ayer was able to measure up to that basement level standard.

No cast yet (and good luck strying ot out Stockard / Olivia / John) but it's aiming for 2015 Serious Film my friend Michael liked Match, the Tribeca film starring Patrick Stewart I reviewed yesterday, a helluva lot more than me so it's worth sharing an opposing opinion First Showing footage from Russell Crowe's directorial debut, The Water Diviner Empire the WB triples down on director Zach Snyder giving in both the Man of Steel sequel and the Justice League movie (but why?

Abandoning steel yields a structure that is 99 pounds lighter yet 57 percent stiffer than the C6 Corvette's.

Use of high tensile steel in the WRX's body makes it stiffer yet lighter than ever, with both attributes benefitting the dynamics.

AHSS is roughly 10 percent lighter than conventional steel, yet it's more durable.

The bed continues to be made of roll - formed, high - strength steel, yet a revised alloy offers 50 percent more strength than the current model.

The aluminum upper body sits on a fully boxed ladder frame with more high - strength steel than ever to make it stronger yet lighter.

One of the stand - out characteristics of this high - tech material is its hugely impressive torsional rigidity, yet it is also carries 50 percent less weight than steel and is 30 percent lighter than aluminum.

That's still higher than your typical cup of coffee, but you are getting value.Consider that the sticker includes driver and passenger air bags - neither of which were available last year; a 3.1 - liter, 160 - horsepower, V - 6 engine with four - speed automatic transmission; power brakes / steering / door locks and windows; a long - life stainless steel exhaust; and four - wheel independent suspension and 16 - inch wheels for smooth ride (and with optional sports suspension the added plus of nimble, yet sure - footed, handling)

In engineering terms this 911 is all about Porsche Intelligent Performance: even lower fuel consumption and even more power — created, for instance, by reducing the engine size to 3.4 litres on the base Carrera model (yet still delivering 5 hp more than the 997 / II) and using a hybrid construction method (steel / aluminium), which leads to a considerable reduction in weight.

It is also the safest Kia Sportage yet, with a stronger body, probably with more than a 50 % of high strenght steel and a wealth of new active safety technologies.

Copied and extracted on different scales, and then cast in stainless steel or concrete, the result appears like a sculpture of a wave yet also something primordial and ambiguous, mined from the depths of time; a reminder that the forces that shape nature are more powerful — and will last longer — than us, however much we interfere with the planet.

To be sold by PG Bikes and built by Munich Composites in Germany, it is made of braided carbon fiber enveloped in resin, making the bike's frame as strong as steel yet weighting less than aluminum.

Pebble hasn't shared any precise measurements with us yet, but we could tell by looking that the Steel is slimmer than its predecessor.

There's more than one way to make a metal mesh or segments steel, and we'd love to see a clever take from Apple on yet more classics.