Aircraft Materials and Technology (FSI-OLR)

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.

Basic knowledge of relations between composition, processing, structure and properties of structural materials. Basic terminology of physical metallurgy and material limit states.

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.

The course credit requirements are compulsory attendance at seminars and laboratory exercises. It is also necessary to submit complete and correct required seminar reports and assessment of both written seminar tests for at least 50% of total points. Obtaining the credit from seminars is a condition for admission to the final exam. The exam is in written form.

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.

Lecture topics:

- Introduction to the study of aircraft materials

- Al alloys

- Mg alloys

- Ti alloys

- Steels

- High temperature alloys

- Composites and sandwich materials

- Nanomaterials and smart systems

- Corrosion and corrosion protection

- Forming techniques of aircraft materials

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

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