[Spaceships] Nanocomposite and structural materials

Agemegos · 12-17-2018, 02:01 PM

Right. I’m asking about the structural materials that are consistent with a technological base that uses nanocomposite etc. as armour. The density and tensile strength of nanocomposite etc. themselves would be worst case values.

I already have carbon nanotubes and a guesstimate for carbon nanotube FRP in my spreadsheet, but they are awfully good. Pure oriented buckytubes would be better than diamond, which I’d worry about because diamondoid is listed as a TL11 material. Buckytube FRP at TL10 also seems like a huge jump from aramid FRP at TL9.

12-17-2018, 02:01 PM	#10
Agemegos Join Date: May 2005 Location: Oz	Re: [Spaceships] Nanocomposite and structural materials Right. I’m asking about the structural materials that are consistent with a technological base that uses nanocomposite etc. as armour. The density and tensile strength of nanocomposite etc. themselves would be worst case values. I already have carbon nanotubes and a guesstimate for carbon nanotube FRP in my spreadsheet, but they are awfully good. Pure oriented buckytubes would be better than diamond, which I’d worry about because diamondoid is listed as a TL11 material. Buckytube FRP at TL10 also seems like a huge jump from aramid FRP at TL9. __________________ Decay is inherent in all composite things. Nod head. Get treat. Last edited by Agemegos; 02-14-2019 at 07:47 PM.