HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Aeronautical Engineering Department
Course Outline
Prepared by: Engr. Arvin N. Gastardo Program Coordinator
I. Course Title : Aircraft Materials and Processes (AIRMTLS) III. Course Credit : 3 units lecture
IV. Pre-requisite : PHYSICS2, PHYSICS 2L, GENCHEM2
VI. Course Content :
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONMIDTERM EXAMINATION
FINAL EXAMINATION
A. Properties of Materials
1. Aircraft fabrics 1.1. Problem Areas 1.2. Aircraft Fabric
Synthetic 1.3. Aircraft Fabric
Natural 2. Aircraft plastics
2.1. Thermoplastic Resins 2.2. Thermosetting
Resins 3. Aircraft metals
3.1 Characteristics/
Identification of Metals
• Hardness
• Strength
• Malleability
• Ductility
• Elasticity
• Toughness
• Brittleness
• Fusibility
• Conductivity
B. Material Processes 1. Cold working of aircraft
metals
2. Heat treatment of aircraft metals
2.1. Heat treating cycle
2.2. Heat treatment of ferrous metals 2.3. Annealing 2.4. Normalizing 2.5. Hardening 2.6. Tempering 2.7. Special
treatment of alloys 3. Welding & Other
Processes.
3.1. Equipment Selection 3.2. Accurately
Identify the Type of Material to be Repaired.
3.3. Preparation for Welding 3.4. Inspection of a
Completed Weld.
3.5. Microfissures 3.6. Practices to
Guard Against 3.7. Torch Size
C. Aircraft Material Testing and Inspection
1. Destructive testing 2. Non-Destructive
testing
2.1. Introduction and application 2.2. Radiographic
inspection 2.3. Penetrant
inspection 2.4. Magnetic particle
inspection 2.5. Eddy current
inspection 2.6. Ultrasonic inspection 2.7. Visual inspection 2.8. Other tests D. Corrosion
1. Basic cause of corrosion
2. Types of corrosion 3. Stress corrosion 4. Dissimilar metal
corrosion E. Corrosion control 1. Requirements for
HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Aeronautical Engineering Department
Course Outline
Prepared by: Engr. Arvin N. Gastardo Program Coordinator
3.2 Metal Selection
• Factor for metal selection.
• Requisite in aircraft structure.
• Material used in aircraft construction.
• Strength –weight ratio.
3.3 Ferrous Metal
• Steels and carbon steels
• Alloy & nickel steels
• Chromium &
chrome vanadium steels
• Chrome- molybdenum 3.4 Non-Ferrous Metal
• Aluminum &
aluminum alloys
• Magnesium alloys
• Casting, Forging &
Extrusion
(Oxyacetylene welding) 3.8. Welding Rods
and Electrodes 3.9. Rosette Welds 3.10. Heat-Treated
Members 3.11. Types of
Welding 3.12. Electric-
Resistance Welding 3.13. Brazing 4. Riveting
4.1. Two Major Types 4.2. Rivet
Replacement 4.3. Rivet Edge 4.4. 2117 Rivets 4.5. Solid Shank
Rivets 4.6. Blind Rivets
corrosion control 2. Cadmium plating 3. Metal spraying and
painting F. Special Protective Measures
1. Bonding connections 2. Control cables 3. Springs and metal
particles
4. Surface exposure &
acid proofing 5. Aluminum tubing G. Composite Materials
1. Properties 1.1. Mechanics 1.2. Resins
1.3. Categories of Fiber- Reinforced Composite Materials
1.4. Failure 1.5. Testing 2. Applications
H. Advance Aircraft Materials
VII. Course Requirements
1. 6quizzes
2. 3 major Exams (Prelims, Midterms, and Finals) VlII. Grading System
Midterm ave./Final ave. = 0.6(Class Standing) x 100% + 0.4(Exam/N) Class Standing = q
1+q
2+q
3…… + q
n+ p x 100%
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HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Aeronautical Engineering Department
Course Outline
Prepared by: Engr. Arvin N. Gastardo Program Coordinator
