Conservation concepts for architectural glass

Glass related R&D at the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC covers a broad spectrum, from specialty glass for technical applications, to glass surface finishing with functional or decorative coatings. It also includes concept designs for the...

Spanning the years

The Huntingdon rail bridge, built in 1897 by A Handyside and Co of Derby and London, is one of hundreds of iron and steel constructions still in heavy daily use on busy network lines. Held together by literally thousands of rivets, the bridge is a testament to the...

Advanced spray pattern testing

As the result of increasing sensitivity and resolution of novel capacitive sensor array technology, designers working on applications in fluid and gas spray are now gaining valuable insight and information into particle impact, distribution and accumulation,...

Queen Mary gets a fresh lick of paint

C harity, Friends of TS Queen Mary rescued the ship from almost certain demise after she was found languishing in a dockyard on the Thames Estuary, several years after serving as a floating bar and restaurant in London. The charity raised £300,000, enabling her to be...