Guia docente 2023_24
Escuela de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio
Grado en Ingeniería Aeroespacial
 Subjects
  Materials for the aerospace industry
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Subject 1. Selection of Materials Criteria employed for the selection of materials in function of his application. Employment of Indexes of Material and Indexes of Performance. Ashby diagrams. Management of databases of material prperties.
Subject 2. Aerospace Alloys. Steels.
Light alloys.
Titanium and Superalloys

Manufacture and optimisation of material properties. Termo-mechanical Treatments. Mechanical and thermal properties of alloys.
Subject 3. Composite materials. Classification: polymeric , metallic or ceramic matrix.
Mechanical and thermal properties of the materials.
Estimation of properties of compound materials.
Subject 4. Behaviour and Failure of aerospace materials Friction and wear. Enbrittlement. Fracture. Corrosion and degradation. Fatigue. Creep.

Analysis of failures. Diagnostic and inspection of failures.
Subject 5. Mechanical and adhesive joints. Mechanical joints. Welding. Adhesive joints.

Classification and properties.
Subject 6. Quality control and Testing. Quality control of raw materials. Techniques of thermal analysis. Mechanical testing. Non destructive testing (NDT).
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