APPENDIX E. GLOSSARY

ACEE

Aircraft Energy Efficiency program

ACM

Automated Composite Material; Advanced Composite Material; Automatic Cutting Machine

ACT

Advanced Composites Technology

AE

Acoustic Emission

AI

Artificial Intelligence

AIS

Accounting Information System

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

APC

Automatic Ply Cutting Machine Aramid An organic fiber such as Kevlar(TM) or Technora(TM)

ASTM

American Society for Testing and Materials

ATF

Advanced Tactical Fighter

ATL

Automated Tape Layup

Autoclave

A primary production curing vessel

BMI resins

Bismaleimide resins

Broadgoods

Wide fabrics (usually on a roll)

CAD

Computer-Aided Design

CAI

Computer-Aided Inspection; Compression-After Impact

CAM

Computer-Aided Manufacturing

CATIA

Proprietary Computer-aided design program from Dassault (French Company)

CAV project

Composite Armored Vehicle

CERC

Concurrent Engineering Research Center (U.S.A.)

CF

Carbon Fiber

CFCC

Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Composite

CFRP

Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Plastic

CIM

Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

CMCs

Ceramic-Matrix Composites

CNG

Compressed National Gas

CRAD parts

Contract Research and Development parts

CTE

Coefficient of Thermal Expansion

CVD

Chemical Vapor Deposition

Delamination

Debonding of laminate

DSC

Differential Scanning Calorimetry

DOC

Direct Operating Cost

DoD

Dept. of Defense

DSS

Decision Support System

FEA modeling

Finite Element Analysis Modeling

FEM

Finite Element Methods

FRP

Fiber-Reinforced Plastic

GFRP

Glass-Fiber Reinforced Plastic

GRASKER

Graphite whisker

HSCT

High Speed Civil Transport

IPD

Integrated Product Development

IRADs

Independent Research and Development (projects)

ISO

International Standards Organization

JDA

Japan Defense Agency

JSAMPE

Japan Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering

JSCM

Japan Society for Composite Materials

Keiretsu

Loose associations of Japanese businesses characterized by reciprocal stock ownership and long-term supplier/customer relationships

Kitting

Gathering sub-elements into a "kit" for assembly

Layup

Stack of composite lamina

LCPs

Liquid Crystal Polymers

LDF

Long Discontinuous Fiber (Trademark of DuPont)
Material Set of activities that transfer a given set of raw materials into a Transformation final stage Process

Mechatronics

Study of electro-mechanical devices

Micromechanics

Mechanics of fiber-resin interactions

MITI

Ministry of International Trade & Industry (Japan)

MMC

Metal-Matrix Composite

NAL

National Aerospace Laboratories (Japan)

NDI

Non-Destructive Inspection

NDE

Non-Destructive Evaluation

NEFMAC

New Fiber Composite Material for Advanced Concrete A Shimizu composite construction product which is light weight and non-magnetic, a reinforcement for concrete (carbon, glass and aramid formed as an integrated mesh)

NESTEM

An FRP Geogrid produced for road reinforcement and stabilization a continuous production operation

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NOMST

Novel material shield-cuttable tunnel wall system

PEEK

PolyEtherEtherKetone

Photochromatic

The ability to darken in bright light but revert to original color when source of light is removed

PI resins

Polyimide resins

Pin-winding

Method of production used to produce NEFMAC

Ply

Layer of composite (Lamina)

PMC

Polymer-Matrix Composite

PRP

Product Realization Process

Pultrusion

A continuous composite fabrication technique

QA

Quality Assurance

QC

Quality Control

QFD

Quality Function Deployment

Resin

A polymer used to bind fiber

RIM

Reaction-Injection Molding

RIPT

Research Institute of Polymers & Textiles (Japan)

RTM

Resin Transfer Molding

SACMA

Suppliers of Advanced Composite Materials Association

Shotcrete

Method of applying concrete with high-pressure air

SMC

Sheet Molding Compounds

SPC

Statistical Process Control

SRIM

Structural Reaction Injection Molding

Stochastic

A process that has some element of probability in its structure process

TDB

Technical Development Bureau

TP

Thermoplastic

Tow placement

Combination of filament winding and tape laying technology

TQD

Total Quality Design

TQM

Total Quality Management

TS

Thermoset

USAF

U.S. Air Force

Whisker

Short, stiff fiber