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Among its many notable innovations, the new 2020 Chevrolet Corvette sports car from General Motors Co. features the world’s first radius pultruded auto part. The vehicle’s rear bumper beam (shown ...

The in-plane strength properties of a composite material, axial and transverse tension and compression and in-plane shear, are usually the first to be considered in design. However, ...