Lesson 1Risks and limitations per family: long-term performance, repairability, supply chain, cost volatilityDis section evaluate risks an limitations across material families, including creep, fatigue, corrosion, environmental degradation, an aging. It also consider repairability, inspection, supply chain resilience, an cost volatility over product life.
Time-dependent damage: creep and fatigueCorrosion, oxidation, and environmental attackInspection, nondestructive testing, and repairSupply chain risks and material availabilityCost volatility and total ownership costLesson 2Aluminum alloys: typical grades, advantages for lightweight panels, corrosion and fatigue considerationsDis section review common wrought an cast aluminum alloys used in lightweight panels. It cover designation systems, key properties, corrosion an fatigue behavior, joining options, an typical trade-offs versus steels an composites.
Aluminum alloy series and designation systemsMechanical properties of common panel alloysCorrosion mechanisms and protection methodsFatigue behavior and design against crackingForming, joining, and repair of aluminum panelsLesson 3Fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP, GFRP, natural-fiber composites): stiffness-to-weight, lay-up architectures, durability and moisture sensitivityDis section explore fiber-reinforced polymers, including CFRP, GFRP, an natural-fiber laminates. It discuss fiber architectures, lay-up strategies, matrix selection, anisotropy, damage modes, moisture sensitivity, an long-term durability.
Unidirectional, woven, and multiaxial fabricsPrepreg, infusion, and compression moldingStiffness-to-weight indices and optimizationImpact damage, delamination, and fatigueMoisture uptake and environmental durabilityLesson 4Natural-fiber and bio-based composites: sustainability benefits, variability, mechanical limitsDis section focus pon natural-fiber an bio-based composites, emphasizing sustainability metrics, life-cycle impacts, an recyclability. It also address variability in fibers, moisture uptake, processing routes, an mechanical performance limits.
Common natural fibers and bio-based matricesProcessing routes for bio-composite laminatesMechanical properties and design allowablesMoisture uptake, swelling, and durabilityLife-cycle assessment and end-of-life optionsLesson 5High-strength steels and advanced alloys: properties, weight penalty, forming and joining considerationsDis section cover high-strength steels an advanced metallic alloys, including AHSS, maraging steels, an light alloys. It address strength–ductility trade-offs, forming limits, weldability, joining, corrosion protection, an weight implications.
Classes of high-strength and advanced steelsStrength–ductility trade-offs and forming limitsWeldability, joining, and heat-affected zonesCorrosion protection and surface treatmentsWeight penalty versus performance benefitsLesson 6Technical ceramics and ceramic matrix composites: stiffness and temperature resistance vs brittleness and manufacturabilityDis section examine technical ceramics an ceramic matrix composites, highlighting stiffness, hardness, an temperature resistance. It contrast dese wid brittleness, flaw sensitivity, joining challenges, an manufacturing routes such as sintering.
Crystal structures and toughening mechanismsThermal shock resistance and high-temperature useProcessing: powder prep, forming, and sinteringJoining, sealing, and interface engineeringDesign against brittleness and flaw sensitivityLesson 7Overview of candidate material families: metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, hybrid systemsDis section survey metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, an hybrids as candidate families. It compare density, stiffness, strength, toughness, temperature capability, an cost, an introduce charts an indices fi early-stage screening.
Key property ranges for structural metalsThermoplastics and thermosets as engineering polymersCeramics and glasses for high-temperature serviceFiber-reinforced composites and sandwich structuresHybrid and multimaterial systems in designLesson 8Polymer matrices and thermoplastics (PA6, PEEK, PP): toughness, processing (injection molding, thermoforming), temperature limitsDis section analyze polymer matrices an key thermoplastics such as PA6, PEEK, an PP. It cover molecular structure, crystallinity, toughness, melt behavior, processing by injection molding an thermoforming, an service temperature constraints.
Molecular structure and crystallinity in polymersProperties of PA6, PEEK, and PP in structuresInjection molding: design and defectsThermoforming and sheet forming guidelinesGlass transition, melting point, and heat aging
