Aircraft Materials and Technology (FSI-OLR-A)

Academic year 2023/2024
Supervisor: prof. Ing. Ivo Dlouhý, CSc.  
Supervising institute: ÚMVI all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: English
Aims of the course unit:

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.
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.
Learning outcomes and competences:
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.
Course contents:

The course Aircraft Materials and Technology is focused on 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 materials for aircraft structures. New research and development, international material standards and equivalents.
Teaching methods and criteria:
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: 100% 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.
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.
Controlled participation in lessons:
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.
Type of course unit:
    Lecture  13 × 3 hrs. optionally                  
    Laboratory exercise  2 × 1 hrs. compulsory                  
    Exercise  11 × 1 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture

1. Introduction to the study of aviation materials


2. Al alloys - 1


3. Al alloys - 2


4. Mg alloys


5. Ti alloys


6. Steels


7. High temperature alloys, Ni and Co alloys


8. Composite materials


9. Sandwich structures


10. Nanomaterials and smart materials


11. Corrosion and corrosion protection


12. Forming of aircraft materials - Basics


13. Forming of aircraft materials - Forming methods overview
    Laboratory exercise

3. Heat treatment of aluminium alloys
12. Metal sheet forming of light alloys


 
    Exercise

  1. Characteristics of aviation structural materials

  2. Characteristics of wrought and casted aluminium alloys

  3. Laboratory

  4. Magnesium alloys

  5. Titanium alloys

  6. High-strength steels in aviation

  7. Optimization of steel hardening process

  8. Characteristics of high-temperature aviation materials

  9. High-temperature super alloys, Nickel and Cobalt alloys

  10. Technology of aviation materials forming

  11. Formability of aviation materials

  12. Laboratory

  13. Rubber-pad forming


 


 
Literature - fundamental:
1. Cenek,M.-Jeníček,L.: Nauka o materiálu I,3. svazek, Neželezné kovy,Academia,Praha 1973
2. Hussey B., Wilson J.: Light Alloys. Directory and databook. Chapman&Hall, 1998
3. Middleton,D.H.: Composite materials in aircraft structures,Longman Group, 1990
4. ASM Handbook, Volume 21, Composites, ASM International, 2002
5. ASM Handbook, Vol. 02 Properties nad Selection of Nonferrous Alloys
6. Michna a kol.: Encyklopedie hliníku
7. Vlot A., Gunnink J. W.: Fibre Metal Laminates, ISBN 1-4020-0038-3
8. ASM Handbook Vol. 01 Properties and Selection: Irons, Steels and High Performance Alloys
9. F.C.Campbell: Manufacturing Technology for Aerospace Structural Materials. Elsevier, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-1-85-617495-4.
Literature - recommended:
1. Ustohal,V.: Letecké materiály,VUT Brno,1988
2. Michna, Š. a kol.: Encyklopedie hliníku, Prešov 2005, ISBN 80-89041-88-4
3. Baker, A.: Composite materials for aircraft structures, AIAA 2004
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
N-AST-A full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr,Ex 6 Compulsory 2 1 W
N-ENG-Z visiting student --- no specialisation -- Cr,Ex 6 Recommended course 2 1 W