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Composite Materials in Sailing

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This lecture covers projects related to optimizing the implementation parameters for manufacturing carbon-epoxy composite parts, analyzing porosities to enhance mechanical properties, fabricating materials for boat hulls, and simulating flow around sailboat keels to improve performance.

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