Design and Manufacture of Composites
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Describe the selection methods used in selecting reinforcing fibres and matrix materials for different applications in the aerospace industry.
Discuss and explain different manufacturing routes including manual and automated lay-up filament winding and resininfusion technology to be used in selected aircraft design case studies.
Explain the problems associated with joining composite materials and the use of common NDT techniques for quality control inspection.
Apply the basic concepts of “smart” sensing of cure state and damage detection in selected aircraft design case studies.
Use the principles of laminate design and the necessary failure criteria to propose suitable lay-up sequences in selected case studies.
Carry out selected laminate design case studies with laminate design software as part of a design laboratory experiment.