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[2] Page 12 http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/sirr/SIRR_spreads_Hi_Res.pdf
[3] Page 13 http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/sirr/SIRR_spreads_Hi_Res.pdf
[4] https://sealevel.nasa.gov/understanding-sea-level/global-sea-level/thermal-expansion
[5] Page 49 http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/sirr/SIRR_spreads_Hi_Res.pdf
[6] https://www.deptofnumbers.com/gdp/new-york/
[7] Page 51 http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/sirr/SIRR_spreads_Hi_Res.pdf
[8] Adapting Cities To Sea Level Rise - Stefan Al
[9] https://www.hastingsgov.org/sites/hastingsonhudsonny/files/uploads/bbp_storm_resilience final.pdf
[10] https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/city-building-sand-wall-rockaway-article-1.1376159
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[1] https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-celebrates-787-delivery-as-programs-costs-top-32-billion/
[2] https://discovercomposites.com/transportation/commercial-aircraft/.
[3] https://www.twi-global.com/technical-knowledge/faqs/what-is-a-composite-material#WhataretheAdvantagesofCompositeMaterials
[4] https://www.flightglobal.com/analysis-boeing-matches-787-cabin-pressure-in-777x-cabin-revamp/113926.article#:~:text=That%20formula%20has%20changed%20slightly,pressure%20altitude%20of%20the%20777.
[5] https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/air-altitude-pressure-d_462.html
[6] https://yenaengineering.nl/what-is-metal-fatigue/
[7] https://www.boeing.com/features/2019/12/787-1st-flight-anniversary-12-19.page
[8] https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA160718.pdf
[9] https://www.flightglobal.com/787-design-highlights-systems-and-materials/102094.article
[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/media/media.nl?id=172313&c=3937524&h=dab869f57f81854c6a97&_xt=.pdf
[11] https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA506416.pdf
[12] https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2010-03-28-Boeing-Completes-Ultimate-Load-Wing-Test-on-787
[13] https://www.boeing.com/commercial/787/by-design/#/smooth-wing-technology
[14] http://www.galexander.org/dreamliner.html
[15] https://books.google.com/books?id=iLwfAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA4&lpg=RA2-PA4&dq=:+low+aspect+ratios+have+a+greater+useful+internal+volume&source=bl&ots=78TvsnttaO&sig=ACfU3U3_VTRvs5rcomQBn79CMxBXaZ1sCw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp0pX62IvyAhXOQs0KHemPBWUQ6AEwE3oECCMQAw#v=onepage&q=%3A%20low%20aspect%20ratios%20have%20a%20greater%20useful%20internal%20volume&f=false
[16] Page 274 https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780123973085/general-aviation-aircraft-design
[17] https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/218682887/Final_Copy_2019_11_28_Othman_M_PhD.pdf
[18] https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/hybrid-laminar-flow-control
[19] Page 15 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19990052585/downloads/19990052585.pdf
[20] https://www.flightglobal.com/farnborough-aero-secrets-of-boeings-new-dreamliner/113955.article
[21] https://www.corrosionpedia.com/galvanic-corrosion-of-metals-connected-to-carbon-fiber-reinforced-polymers/2/1556
[22] https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2120&context=etd
[23] https://www.corrosionpedia.com/an-introduction-to-the-galvanic-series-galvanic-compatibility-and-corrosion/2/1403
[24] https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304361604579292333739357034
[25] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-787-titanium-insight/boeing-looks-at-pricey-titanium-in-bid-to-stem-787-losses-idUSKCN0PY1PL20150724
[26a] https://www.norsktitanium.com/
[26b] https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170410005330/en/Norsk-Titanium-to-Deliver-the-World%E2%80%99s-First-FAA-Approved-3D-Printed-Structural-Titanium-Components-to-Boein
[27] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452321616304139
[28] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352492818301740
[29] https://airinsight.com/boeing-787-grounded-week-lightning-strike/
[30] https://reports.aviation-safety.net/1963/19631208-0_B701_N709PA.pdf
[31] https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/faa-engineers-objected-to-boeings-removal-of-some-787-lightning-protection-measures/
[32] https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/aeat.2007.12779fad.007/full/html
[33] https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_4_07/article_02_3.html.
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