Aerospace Materials: Novel Technologies and Practical Applications puts strong emphasis on updating existing knowledge for a wide range of functional and structural materials, contextualizing them for the industrial practice. The volume not only comprehensively covers different classes of materials, it also provides an overview of each material’s mechanical and physical properties, as well as processing and testing. In addition, it offers state-of-the-art guidance on their commercial use in the sector and looks ahead to clarify what’s still needed to adapt traditional and novel materials to ever-changing aerospace technologies and related pressing sustainability challenges.
The breadth of technical expertise that this international group of researchers provides proves to be an invaluable asset for users in academia and established professionals alike.
Section 1: Background and introduction
1. Introduction to aerospace materials
2. Aerospace materials: Past, present, and future
3. Materials for aerospace structures and engines
Section 2: Processing and testing
4. Mechanical and stability testing of aerospace materials
5. Casting of aerospace metals
6. Processing and machining of aerospace metals
7. Non-destructive inspection and structural health monitoring of aerospace materials
Section 3: Metals for aerospace
8. Aluminum alloys for aircraft structures
9. Titanium alloys for aerospace structures and engines
10. Magnesium alloys for aerospace structures
11. Steels for aircraft structures
12. Superalloys for gas turbine engines
13. Corrosion of aerospace metals
Section 4: Composites for radiography and satellite technology
14. Manufacturing of fiber polymer composite materials
15. Aerospace structures and engines from polymer composites
16. Composites for aerospace applications
17. Structural behavior of aerospace composites
18. Nanocomposites in aerospace structures
19. Multilayer magnetic nanostructures
20. Radar and radionavigation
21. Technology for satellite development
Section 5: Concerns and missions
22. Fracture and damage growth in aerospace composites
23. Disposal and recycling of aerospace materials – A sustainable approach
24. Space exploration and environmental issues
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