Aerospace Engineering Technical Elective Program - Focus Areas

This is a special collection of articles related to the latest research results on materials science, chemical and biochemical technologies of materials synthesis and materials for modern construction. It will be useful to specialists whose activity is related to modern biotechnologies, materials processing in machinery, biomedicine, chemical production, electrochemistry, electronics and construction.

The book presents established research and technology for corrosion monitoring and measurements. Corrosion reduction can be controlled via various ways, including process control, cathodic protection, metal impurity reduction, application of surface treatment methods, and incorporation of appropriate alloys. It collectively describes corrosion inhibition measurements using chemical, electrochemical, and analytical methods. It presents state-of-the art techniques for corrosion monitoring by providing detailed studies and testing methods. It also covers the most advanced, industry-oriented challenges for sustainable corrosion monitoring and measurements.

This book discusses damage nucleation, fatigue testing and fatigue S-N curve determination with expanded analysis of surface treatments, effect on fatigue; expanded treatment of volume process effect on fatigue; expanded treatments of corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement. It also includes a detailed treatment of phenomenology and morphological aspects of fatigue; surface treatments, conditions, and nonmetallic inclusions effects on fatigue; stress and strain-based fatigue analysis; mean stress and notch effect on fatigue; cumulative damage and multiaxial fatigue; probabilistic analysis application to fatigue design; fatigue in welds; stress corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement; fracture mechanics application to fatigue and corrosion.

Manufacturing processes for aircraft components include broad activities consisting of multiple materials processing technologies. This book focuses on presenting manufacturing process technologies for fabricating major aircraft components.

The book includes findings both from experimental investigations and functional systems, ranging from propulsion technologies for aerospace vehicles to airport design to energy recovery systems. Engineers, researchers and students will benefit from the broad reach and numerous engineering examples provided.