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May 26, 2004 - Teng & Associates have further developed a structural Optimized Composite Beam System for use in rail bridge structures, a project for the High-speed Rail-IDEA program. [United States Patent Number 6,145,270, this beam is a revolutionary new type of structural member]

Displayed at the Transportation Research Board exhibit in Washington DC in January 2004 (and more extensively reported at that time in Advanced Materials & Composites News), the "Hybrid-Composite Beams" are comprised of three main sub-components that are a shell, compression reinforcement,

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