Course detail

Aircraft Composite Structures

FSI-OKL-AAcad. year: 2021/2022

Students will be acquainted with fundaments of composite materials, their application to structure design, possible technology and basic strength calculation. Topics of micromechanics, macromechanics, joints, stability, quality assurance, application at structure and testing will be presented.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Juračka, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Aerospace Engineering (LÚ)

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will gain basic knowledge about composite materials, its application to structure design, technology and strength calculation.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of strength and elastic theory.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures. Teaching is suplemented by practical laboratory work.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course-unit credit: 90% participation in exercises, completion of all calculated task from exercises. Exam: written test - theoretical background, task calculation

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The goal is to familiarize students with fundaments of composite materials, their application to structure design, possible technology and basic strength calculation.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Participation in lectures and exercises. Missed exercises will be compensated by self-study of tasks.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Alan Baker,Stuart Dutton,Donald Kelly, Composite Materials for Aircraft Structure, AIAA
Mahmood Husein Datoo, Mechanics of Fibrous Composites, ISBN 1-85166-600-1, Elsevier Science Publishers, 1991

Recommended reading

Middelton, D. H., Compozite materials in aircraft structures, 1st ed., London, Longman Grup, 1990, ISBN: 0-582-01712-2

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-AST-A Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme N-ENG-Z Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
    2 year of study, winter semester, recommended course

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Juračka, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction. Fibres, matrix.
2. Manufacture and component form.
3. Basic characteristics of composites. Micromechanics.
4. Macromechanic. Clasical theory of laminates
5. Capability. Failure criteria.
6. Stability.
7. Sandwich structure.
8. Mechanical property, testing.
9. Properties of composite system.
10. Joining of composite structure.
11. Quality assurance.
12. Airworthiness considerations.
13. Structure Application. Tests.

Laboratory exercise

1 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Juračka, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Testing of mechanical properties.

Exercise

12 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Juračka, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Material selection for application.
2. Mixture rule. Influence of orientation.
3. Lamina stiffness matrix.
4. Laminate stiffness matrix. Stiffness characteristics.
5. Failure criteria.
6. Failure envelope.
7. Bonding joints.
8. Mechanical joints.
9. Stability.
10. Sandwich structure.
11. Repair design.
12. Test design.

E-learning texts

Juracka, Composite structures
Composite structures - 2019.pdf 4.15 MB

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course