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References:
[1] https://www.seattletimes.com/business...
[2] https://discovercomposites.com/transp....
[3] https://www.twi-global.com/technical-...
[4] https://www.flightglobal.com/analysis....
[5] https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/ai...
[6] https://yenaengineering.nl/what-is-me...
[7] https://www.boeing.com/features/2019/...
[8] https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA160...
[9] https://www.flightglobal.com/787-desi...
[10] This reference provides “ultimate elongation at failure”, but carbon fibre doesn’t really have a plastic zone, the fibres just break. https://3937524.app.netsuite.com/core...
[11] https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA506...
[12] https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2010-03-...
[13] https://www.boeing.com/commercial/787...
[14] http://www.galexander.org/dreamliner....
[15] https://books.google.com/books?id=iLw...
[16] Page 274 https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/97...
[17] https://research-information.bris.ac....
[18] ​​https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/...
[19] Page 15 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/1...
[20] https://www.flightglobal.com/farnboro...
[21] https://www.corrosionpedia.com/galvan...
[22] https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/vie...
[23] https://www.corrosionpedia.com/an-int...
[24] https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014...
[25] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bo...
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[26b] https://www.businesswire.com/news/hom...
[27] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
[28] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
[29] https://airinsight.com/boeing-787-gro...
[30] https://reports.aviation-safety.net/1...
[31] https://www.seattletimes.com/business...
[32] https://www.emerald.com/insight/conte...
[33] https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aer....

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