Course
Materials & Manufacturing for Aeronautical Engineers
Conventional Engineering materials. Microstructure and properties of metals and their alloys. Common materials used in Aircraft: Aluminium alloys, Steels, Titanium alloys, Nickel alloys etc. Introduction to composite materials and their applications in Aircraft. Conventional manufacturing techniques: Casting, Machining, forming, welding, molding. Advanced manufacturing Techniques and 3D printing. Composite manufacturing techniques
What you'll learn
Understanding the basic properties of different engineering materials like metals, metal alloys and composites
Microstructure of the materials that affect their behaviour when subjected to loading
Conventional Manufacturing techniques used in the aerospace Industry
Advanced manufacturing techniques including 3D printing and composite manufacturing
Course structure & Assessments
4 credit course, weekly online assignments, 2 in-person invigilated quizzes, 1 in-person invigilated end term exam. For details, visit Academics.
| Week 1 | Conventional Engineering materials. Common materials used in Aircraft: Aluminium alloys, Steels, Titanium alloys, Nickel alloys etc |
| Week 2 | Mechanical behavior of materials: elasticity, stress-strain relationships, stress transformation, viscoelasticity, plasticity, and fracture. |
| Week 3 | Microstructure and properties of metals and their alloys. |
| Week 4 | Phase diagrams and material processing. |
| Week 5 | Introduction to composite materials and their applications in Aircraft. |
| Week 6 | Behaviour of composite materials |
| Week 7 | Conventional manufacturing techniques: Casting, Machining, forming, welding, molding. |
| Week 8 | Conventional manufacturing techniques: Casting, Machining, forming, welding, molding. |
| Week 9 | Advanced manufacturing Techniques and 3D printing. |
| Week 10 | Composite manufacturing techniques |
| Week 11 | Composite manufacturing techniques |
| Week 12 | Review of materials and manufacturing |