Ngokuvamile, inhlamvu yayizohlakaza ucezu lwegwebu ngokuphelele, kodwa manje amatafula asephendukile. Izinhlobo ezehlukene zegwebu sezakhiwe futhi zisetshenziswa njengezinqamuleli zomlilo, ama-crack sealants futhi avale zonke izinto. Kodwa-ke, ithimba labacwaningi abavela ku-NC State lenze a igwebu lensimbi; eyodwa abathi iyakwazi ukumisa izinhlamvu nokunye okuningi.
Amagwebu ensimbi akulona uhlobo olusha lwezinto ezibonakalayo. Eqinisweni, amagwebu ensimbi amaningi asetshenziswa ezinhlelweni ezifana nezakhiwo kanye nezimoto nakuyo yonke into kusukela ekumunceni amandla kuya ekuhwebeni kokushisa. Nokho, amagwebu ensimbi ahlanganisiwe (ama-CMF) masha ngokuqhathaniswa, uDkt. Afsaneh Rabiei egcwalisa incazelo ecacile i-patent ngo-2013, ngokusekelwe emsebenzini wakhe kule minyaka eyishumi edlule. UDkt. Rabiei kanye nethimba bathuthukise ama-CMF abo esikhathini esiyiminyaka eminingana, okwaholela ekubeni i-CMF iqine kakhulu, bakwazi ukuyibonisa njengokusetshenziswa okuphumelelayo kwezikhali zomzimba, ukumisa izikhali ezingu-7.62 × 51 mm M80 kanye ne-7.62 × 63 mm M2 zempi. imizuliswano ebhobozayo ehamba ngamamitha angu-847 ngomzuzwana (m/s).
Impahla eyinhlanganisela yenziwe ngezimbulunga zensimbi ezingenalutho, ezingenalutho ku-matrix yensimbi eqinile, nokuhlolwa kwamaphalumu ekhabhoni ephansi kanye nensimbi engagqwali ku-matrix yensimbi noma ye-aluminium. Lezo zinhlayiya ezingenalutho yilapho igwebu lizuza amandla alo kanye nezici ezifana negwebu elivumela isakhiwo ukuba siwe njengesipontshi. Ithimba lenze izindlela ezimbili ezihlukene zokwenza ama-CMF alo, eyodwa esekelwe ekukhipheni indawo encibilika kancane, kulesi simo i-aluminium, ezungeze ama-sphere ensimbi angenalutho enephuzu lokuncibilika eliphakeme. Enye isebenzisa indlela yokucwilisa ebhaka impushana yensimbi ezungeze ama-sphere amancane ensimbi.
Lezo zindlela zivumela into eyinhlanganisela enamandla kakhulu eyaboniswa ukuthi ikwazi, hhayi ukuvikela eyodwa kuphela embuthweni, kodwa ukuvikela ngokumelene nama-X-reyi, imisebe ye-gamma kanye nemisebe ye-neutron, okwenza izicelo zokuhlola indawo zibe mnandi kakhulu. Ukubheka ngokujulile ilungelo lobunikazi kukhombisa ukuthi izicelo zegwebu cishe azipheli, nezimangalo zokuthi kungenzeka, izimoto zasemkhathini kanye nokuqukatha uphethiloli wenuzi, izicelo zezokwelapha ezifana nokuvikela umshini noma ukushintshwa kwamathambo, kanye nokuvikela umlilo ezakhiweni.
Okuningi mayelana nephrojekthi kungatholakala kuwebhusayithi ye-NCSU ezihlokweni ezimbili zakamuva ezimayelana ukuvimbela imisebe futhi ukuvikelwa komlilo.
