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Subject · Aerospace engineering

Special purpose materialsTopics

İFS-44y-6 creditsAutumn semesterElective2025-2026

Topic plan

The subject's topics and the learning outcomes attached to each one.

22 topics

  1. 1. Introduction. metal matrix composite materials. metal fibers. properties and application of metallic fibers. wires of ferrous metal and alloys.

    Lecture

    Basics of metal matrix composites and study of properties of metal fibers.

  2. 2. Metal fiber composite materials. characterization of fibrous composite materials. main types of composites based on metal matrix, their properties, production methods and fields of application.

    Lecture

    Classification of fiber composites and their production technologies.

  3. 3. Composite materials based on various metal fibers. fields of application of various composite materials based on metal fiber.

    Lecture

    Technical characteristics of metal fiber composites with different bases.

  4. 4. Pseudomixtures. properties and methods of obtaining pseudomixtures. properties and production methods of pseudoalloys based on iron, tungsten, molybdenum, nickel and titanium.

    Lecture

    Properties of obtaining pseudoalloys on different metal bases.

  5. 5. Fields of application of pseudoalloys. methods of obtaining pseudomixtures.

    Lecture

    Use of pseudoalloys in industry and methods of technological acquisition

  6. 6. Eutectic composition materials. general characteristics of eutectic composition materials. melting diagrams and structure of eutectic composition materials.

    Lecture

    Analysis of structure and phase diagrams of eutectic composites.

  7. 7. Methods of obtaining eutectic composition materials.

    Lecture

    Production processes and technologies of eutectic composites.

  8. 8. Composite materials based on ceramics. classification, advantages, disadvantages and main properties of ceramic composite materials.

    Lecture

    Physico-mechanical properties and application of ceramic composites.

  9. 9. Methods and areas of application of ceramic composition materials. fiber and particle reinforced ceramic composite materials.

    Lecture

    Methods of strengthening ceramics in different ways.

  10. 10. Carbon-carbon composite materials.

    Lecture

    Properties of high temperature resistant carbon-carbon composites.

  11. 11. Carbon fibers from hydracellulose fibers. characterization of fibers from hydracellulose. molecular structure of hydracelluloses.

    Lecture

    Structure and production of hydrocellulose-based carbon fibers.

  12. 12. Materials based on carbon fibers. methods and methodology of carbon fiber research. basic properties of carbon fiber ceramic composite materials.

    Lecture

    Research methods and properties of carbon fiber materials.

  13. 13. Space-reinforced composite materials. spatial armature creation methods.

    Lecture

    Technologies of reinforcement of materials in spatial direction.

  14. 14. Two handle system. four thread system. viscerization of fibers

    Lecture

    Analysis of different thread systems and fiber structure.

  15. 15. Special purpose composites based on non-metal. composites based on polymer matrix, their composition, properties, methods of production. method of preparation of layered and twisted polymer composites.

    Lecture

    Types of polymer composites and production technologies.

  16. 16. Sol-gel production methods of nanohybrid polymer-inorganic composites. fields of application of polymer composites. dendrimers are a new type of polymers and composites based on them.

    Lecture

    Synthesis of nanohybrid materials and study of dendrimer structures.

  17. 17. Liquid crystalline composites. basic properties of liquid crystals. methods of obtaining liquid crystalline composites. fields of application of liquid crystalline composites.

    Lecture

    The role of liquid crystalline phases in composites and their application technologies.

  18. 18. Polymer composite materials for special purposes.

    Lecture

    Development of polymer-based composites that meet special requirements.

  19. 19. Composite materials and technologies. reinforcing materials for composites. fiberglass. basalt fiber. carbon fiber. aramid fiber.

    Lecture

    Characterization of different reinforcing fibers (fiberglass, basalt, carbon, aramid).

  20. 20. Liquid glass composites for special purposes. glass and quartz fibers. properties of glass fibers. organic and inorganic fibers. boron fibers. boron tungsten fibers.

    Lecture

    Comparison of properties of liquid glass and different fibrous materials.

  21. 21. Nanocomposite materials for special purposes. nanocomposites.

    Lecture

    Incorporation of nanoscale particles into the matrix and change of properties.

  22. 22. Mesh structured materials. layered nanocomposites. nanocomposites containing metals or semiconductors.

    Lecture

    Analysis of nanocomposites with complex structure (reticulated, layered) and functional composition.