Basic Introduction to Composite Materials.pdf

Basic Introduction to Composite Materials

1. Basic Introduction to Materials
Ali Ismaeili
Aircraft Maintenance Technology

2. Composite Materials

3. Composite Materials
Any combination of two or more
different materials.

4. Most composites have two constituent materials:
▪Matrix
▪Reinforcement
Composite Materials

5. Glass Fiber / Fiberglass
Fiberglass is often used for secondary structure on aircraft, such as
fairings, radomes, and wing tips. Fiberglass is also used for helicopter
rotor blades.

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7. History of Composite Materials
Egyptians 4000 BC
Laminated writing material from the papyrus plant

8. Egyptians and Mesopotamian 1300 BC
Straw bricks

9. Eskimos
House Built by moss and Ice

10. ▪Straw-bricks
▪Concrete
▪Wood
▪(cellulose + lignin)
▪Human body
▪(muscles + bones)
▪Tires
▪Plywood
Examples from Day-to-Day Life

11. Composite Material – Applications
AEROSPACE
INDUSTRY
SPORTING
GOODS
AUTOMOTIVE CONSTRUCTION MARINE
ENGINEERING
BIOENGINEERING

12. Boeing 787 Carbon Fiber Structures

13. Sporting Goods

14. Automotive Industry

17. Carbon Fiber Prosthetic
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-21/how-war-amputees-drove-the-prosthetics-industry/7342626 https://blog.carbonfibergear.com/carbon-fiber-robotic-arm/

18. ▪Composite Mechanic/Technician
▪Manufacturing Production Technician
▪Fiberglass Laminators & Fabricators
▪Assemblers and Fabricators
▪Industrial Production Managers
▪Team Assemblers
Pathway –
Career Prospects

19. $5.2T
Aircraft manufacturer forecasts predict that there will
be approximately $5.2 trillion spent on purchasing
new planes in the next 2 decades
Boeing Capital Corporation, ‘Current Aircraft Finance Market Outlook 2015.

20. 7-8 Yrs.
New aircraft orders are backlogged 7-8 years as a result of
increased demand primarily, driven by increased GDP in
emerging countries
“Aviation Finance: Fasten Your Seatbelts,” PwC, January 2013.

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