Course detail

Aircraft Composite Structures

FSI-9LKK Acad. year: 2025/2026 Both semester

Doctoral students will be acquainted with detail problems of composite structures, composite materials application to structure design, possible technology and detail techniques of strength analysis. Topics of micromechanics, and macromechanics theories, joints, application at structure and testing will be presented.

Language of instruction

Czech

Entry knowledge

Graduation of Aeronautic composite structures subject.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Creation and followed defence of defined topic.
Individual form of study, self studying and consultation.

Aims

The goal is to familiarize students with specifics of composite materials, their application to structure design, possible technology and detail of strength analysis techniques.
Higher degree of composite structures knowledge

The study programmes with the given course

Programme D-KPI-P: Design and Process Engineering, Doctoral, recommended course

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

20 hours, optionally

Syllabus

1. Introduction
2. Structure capability. Failure criteria. Subsequent fails of composites
3. Fracture toughness
4. Virtual crack closing technique.
5. Fatigue.
6. Mechanical characteristics, testing.
7. Joints of composite structures.
8. Structure heath monitoring, NDT, repairs.
9. Quality, quality control.
10. Airworthiness requirements.