Prof Hu Ive been particularly interested in your modified wood ... the potential to replace composits and metals in the field of leisure and working boat construction is what fascinates me. In the field of catarmeran development one of the pioneers was a man called James Wharram.. he designed and built his first ocean going catameran in 1955.. he went of to design many vessels and sold thousands of plans...the first designs were just marine ply and timber. ... naturally decay limmited the life of these vessels.. but with the arrival of the West epoxy systen a major advance was made in durability and strength. Unfortunately this introduced a carbon defficit and a toxic element into the construction. Your modified softwoods would have a huge impact on the sector ... Putting renewable timber boats back into the frame and removing a great deal of toxic plastics and artificial fibers from the whole sector.. Have you tested your modified wood in terms of exposure to the marine environment. For Automotive inspiration look up a 1984 channel 4 🇬🇧 project called Africar a car for the ordinary rd. Those prototype vehicles were built using epoxy treated plywood monocoque bodies .. with light steel subframes they were driven from the Artic circle to the Equator through Europe then across the Sahara and through tropical Africa.. the bodies did not fail and handled road conditions that destroyed metal off road vehicles.. The author and inspiration was a journalist called Anthony Howard. With modern electrical drive systems these vehicles would be able to perform reliably as intended and be able to be built without huge factorys and remove carbon during their production. 🧙🏼♂️ Im an Environmental scientist with a background in forestry and mechanics.
Prof Hu Ive been particularly interested in your modified wood ... the potential to replace composits and metals in the field of leisure and working boat construction is what fascinates me.
In the field of catarmeran development one of the pioneers was a man called James Wharram.. he designed and built his first ocean going catameran in 1955.. he went of to design many vessels and sold thousands of plans...the first designs were just marine ply and timber. ... naturally decay limmited the life of these vessels.. but with the arrival of the West epoxy systen a major advance was made in durability and strength. Unfortunately this introduced a carbon defficit and a toxic element into the construction.
Your modified softwoods would have a huge impact on the sector ... Putting renewable timber boats back into the frame and removing a great deal of toxic plastics and artificial fibers from the whole sector.. Have you tested your modified wood in terms of exposure to the marine environment.
For Automotive inspiration look up a 1984 channel 4 🇬🇧 project called Africar a car for the ordinary rd.
Those prototype vehicles were built using epoxy treated plywood monocoque bodies .. with light steel subframes they were driven from the Artic circle to the Equator through Europe then across the Sahara and through tropical Africa.. the bodies did not fail and handled road conditions that destroyed metal off road vehicles.. The author and inspiration was a journalist called Anthony Howard. With modern electrical drive systems these vehicles would be able to perform reliably as intended and be able to be built without huge factorys and remove carbon during their production. 🧙🏼♂️ Im an Environmental scientist with a background in forestry and mechanics.
Lots of respect for your visionary work Professor Hu. Best of luck on your journey to the Nobel in Physics.
Stay visionary,
Patrice-Morgan