Università Roma Tre

The objectives of the course “Materials technologies for aeronautical engineering” can be summarized as follows:
1. To provide students with the know-how for the correct and timely selection of materials for the most relevant aeronautical application, even by the use of recently developed software;
2. To provide students with the basic knowledge on structural materials for aeronautics and aerospace, including polymer matrix composites, light alloys, super-alloys for high-temperature applications, advanced ceramics and coatings ()structure-property-process correlations and applications for components in aircrafts);
3. To provide students with the fundamentals of corrosion and wear, with specific reference to the main advanced engineering aspects of such degradation phenomena;
4. To provide students with the most important concepts of surface engineering and the applications to aeronautical and aerospace engineering;
5. To provide students with the fundamental aspects of advanced microstructural characterization of materials for aeronautics and aerospace, including optical and electron microscopy, focused ion beam microscopy);
6. To provide students with the main know-how on micro- and nano-mechanical characterization of materials for aeronautics (including micro-and nano-indentation and atomic force microscopy).
Students will acquire required knowledge and expertise for (1) the proper selection of suitable materials on the basis of design specifications, (2) understanding the main processes and heat treatments required for microstructural control of advanced materials for aeronautics and aerospace, (3) understanding the corrosion and wear mechanisms in aerospace materials, (4) understanding the main applications and concepts of recent surface engineering and coating technologies.