Media: created the wings of the aircraft with the technology disengagement damage – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, June 7 – RIA Novosti. British scientists have created wings for airplanes, having the ability to fix their own defects and damage in the event of their occurrence, said on Sunday newspaper Independent.

Development of the technology was conducted for three years a team of experts at Bristol University. For the first time it will be presented this week during a meeting of the Royal Society – the UK’s leading scientific society. The task of scientists and engineers was to find out whether there is an opportunity to avoid the smallest damage on the wings and the body of the aircraft.

The basis of the “technology of the future” is necessary to add tiny “microspheres” to the carbon material, which is widely used in the production. These particles will break on impact and release liquid “healing agent”, which must penetrate into the damage and cause rapid chemical reaction leading to the hardening. According to laboratory tests, after the procedure, “healing” material remains as strong, which creates the possibility of in-flight aircraft literally “fix” the wings in case of damage.

“We were inspired by the human body. We have not reached In order to be able to withstand any damage – if it were so, we would have the same thick skin, like a rhino – but we are damaged, the blood comes first, and then delayed wound healing. We just take this feature for the basis for the synthetic material: let it be something that can heal itself by itself “, – quotes edition of the word head of research Professor Duncan Vassa (Duncan Wass).

themselves scientists involved in the project say about a new invention how about something “on the verge of science fiction,” but they do not deny that this technology may soon begin to be used everywhere.

“We have no doubt come to the stage where five or ten years, we’ll see how things such as, for example, the screen of mobile phones, will be able to recover themselves, if they are broken, “- said the professor.

The cosmetic companies have also expressed interest in the development of British scientists to create a special coating Nail.