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When I was in school, a fishing rod length carbon fiber length was about 60$, my professor had one that he enthusiastically used as his pointer, the cost of steel rebar is about 0.95$ a foot.
China makes way for constructing AI application scenarios
In a move to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence and foster a new growth point of national economy, China's Ministry of Science and Technology released a notification on Monday to support the construction of pilot AI application scenarios, with new technologies integrated and R&D cooperation strengthened between upstream and downstream.
The first batch of scenarios are related to smart application in farming, port, mining, factory, home electronics, education, autonomous driving, medical service, court and supply chain.
In autonomous driving, for example, the notification clarified pushing forward the application of core technologies in cooperative vehicle infrastructure system (CVIS), enhancing unmanned driving trial tests under complex driving conditions, and promoting the development of unmanned logistics, smart buses and autonomous valet parking.
A report by Sealand Securities said the automobile sensor is the basis of an autonomous driving intelligent system, such as a car camera, laser radar and ultrasonic radar. As the government released a variety of polices in the auto sector, China's autonomous driving is expected to step up to a new level, and the automobile sensor industry will benefit from it.
Backed by the national new generation AI innovation and development pilot zone, China will give full play to the enterprises from the open innovation platform, and continuously support the construction of AI-related scenarios, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology.
I think CF is not a good bulk material, unlike steel. It would be difficult to deploy as a large scale construction material, and frankly speaking it’s not necessary because there’s really no need for stronger building materials than current technologies for most construction applications. So we’re probably going to see it more in manufacturing rather than construction. CF composites help resolve the compression issues for CF by creating a bed matrix that absorbs the compression forces. These large tow CF materials will most likely enable or make easier and cheaper the manufacturing of much larger CF parts.
broadsword
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Does carbon fiber age as well as steel? Will it become brittle after thirty years? If it costs only three to five times the price of steel, maybe it is worthwhile only for the top twenty floors of a 250-story building.
Why do you need carbon fiber for construction? You can already build 250 story buildings with concrete and steel, and China is unlikely to ever build that tall a building anyways with the new construction regulations in place.
Not so sure as carbon fiber is somewhat new for construction. In general polymer don't like UV and Carbon Fiber reinforced Polymers is no exception, hence why they're currently used for buried sewage systems. if you are thinking about weight savings the majority of weight in a building will be the concrete, and switching out steel for CF will result in a minimal amount of weight savings.
I think this is correct, CF will mostly be used manufacturing such as aircraft and light ships rather than for construction.
broadsword
Brigadier
Isn't cf being discussed as a construction material? Hence I gave a hypothetical case of its application.
Someone here brought up applications in construction divorced from what the original link discussed.