Course detail
Aircraft Materials and Technology
FSI-OLR-A Acad. year: 2022/2023 Winter semester
Relationships between compositions,processing effects, microstructures,properties and typical applications of selected aircraft materials. Special material requirements. Aluminium alloys, magnesium alloys, titanium alloys, high strength steels, nickel-base and cobalt-base superalloys, fibre and particle composites, nanocomposites and smart systems, structural polymers,structural ceramics, wood and plywood for aircraft structures. New research and development, international material standards and equivalents.
Language of instruction
English
Number of ECTS credits
6
Supervisor
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The course Aircraft Materials makes students familiar with representative aircraft structural materials as well as with their optimal use. Students will be able to evaluate different material variants of aircraft structures according their strength, lifetime and damage tolerance.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of relations between composition, processing, structure and properties of structural materials. Basic terminology of physical metallurgy and material limit states.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures. Teaching is suplemented by practical laboratory work.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
The course-unit credit requirements: 90% attendance at seminars. It is also necessary to submit completed and sophisticated computational exercises. Obtaining the credit is a condition for admission to the exam. The exam is written.
Aims
The aim of the course Aircraft Materials is to inform students of present state in the area of structural materials for aircraft structures and to provide them with methodical and objective knowledge.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Attendance at seminars is compulsory. In case of justified absence, the missed seminar may be compensated with an individual assignment. Continuous checking is made by means of written tests. In case of a failure, it is required to repeat the test.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-AST-A: Aerospace Technology, Master's, compulsory
Programme M2E-A: Industrial Engineering, Master's
branch M-IND: Industrial Engineering, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
39 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1.Introduction to the study of aviation materials
2.Aluminum alloys for aerospace, heat treatment
3. Magnesium and titanium alloys, heat treatment
4. Steel in aerospace, heat treatment
5. Special alloys in aviation (Ni. Co, ..)
6. Composite materials, sandwiches
7. Nanomaterials and smart materials
8. Corrosion of metal materials used in aviation and protection against it
9. Wood, glass and plastics for aircraft construction
10. Introduction to aircraft production technology
11. Technological division of the airframe
12. Surface forming of light alloys
13. Spatial forming
Laboratory exercise
2 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
6. Testing of aluminium alloys
12.Comparison between properties of metals and composites
Exercise
11 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1.Standardization of aircraft materials
2.Standards of aluminium alloys
3.Choice of material for given airframe component
4.Design of airframe structure prom Mg alloys
5.Test No 1
6.A Lab exercise
7.Schaeffler diagram of high alloy steels
8.Test No 2
9.Properties of high temperature alloys
10.Properties of wood for light aeroplanes
11.Technological division of the airframe
12. A lab exercise
13. Technological procee of rib production