TAC laminates continue to perform well as the body of evidence behind them grows. A fourth publication on TAC is on its way, adding to the peer-reviewed work already covering the design space, coupling behavior, and orthotropy of the architecture.
More validation on the way
Alongside the upcoming publication, numerous test campaigns are planned over the coming weeks and months, building on the warping study already published under Test Data. Each campaign adds another data point tying the theoretical design space to real, manufactured performance.
A growing set of applications
The number of potential applications for TAC continues to expand as more sectors evaluate the architecture against their own load cases and thickness constraints — reinforcing what the design-space comparison already shows: TAC reaches where conventional laminates can't.
The first physical panel
It's one thing to see TAC in a design-space plot — it's another to hold the first physical result. Below is the first TAC panel, manufactured at 0.5 × 0.5 m, the same scale used in the initial warping test campaign.
Dr. Roberto Guzman de Villoria was in charge of the manufacturing and testing of this panel.