Knowledge and understanding of the uses, strengths, limitations, and other characteristics of materials is vital to properly construct and maintain any equipment, especially airframes. In aircraft maintenance and repair, even a slight deviation from design specification, or the substitution of inferior materials, may result in the loss of both lives and equipment. The use of unsuitable materials can readily erase the finest craftsmanship. The selection of the correct material for a specific repair job demands familiarity with the most common physical properties of various materials.
- Aircraft Metals
- Ferrous Aircraft Metals
- Types, Characteristics, and Uses of Alloyed Steels
- Electrochemical Test
- Nonferrous Aircraft Metals – Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys
- Nonferrous Aircraft Metals – Wrought Aluminum
- Effect of Alloying Element
- Metal Hardness Identification
- Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys
- Titanium and Titanium Alloys
- Titanium Designations
- Corrosion Characteristics of Titanium
- Copper and Copper Alloys
- Monel and K-Monel
- Nickel and Nickel Alloys
- Metalworking Processes – Hot Working
- Internal Structure of Metals
- Furnaces and Salt Baths
- Hot Working – Temperature Measurement and Control
- Hot Working – Heating
- Hot Working – Soaking, Cooling and Quenching
- Heat Treatment of Ferrous Metals – Part One
- Heat Treatment of Ferrous Metals – Part Two
- Heat Treatment of Nonferrous Metals – Part One (Aluminums)
- Heat Treatment of Nonferrous Metals – Part Two (Solution Heat Treatment)
- Heat Treatment of Nonferrous Metals – Part Three (Precipitation Heat Treating)
- Heat Treatment of Nonferrous Metals – Part Four (Heat Treatment of Aluminum Alloy Rivets)
- Heat Treatment of Nonferrous Metals – Part Five (Heat Treatment of Magnesium Alloys)
- Heat Treatment of Nonferrous Metals – Part Six (Heat Treatment of Titanium)
- Heat Treatment of Nonferrous Metals – Part Seven (Hardness Testing)
- Forging, Casting, Extruding, Cold Working/Hardening
- Nonmetallic Aircraft Materials – Part One (Wood and Plastics)
- Nonmetallic Aircraft Materials – Part Two (Advantages/Disadvantages and Safety of Composite Materials)
- Nonmetallic Aircraft Materials – Part Three (Fiber Reinforced Materials, Laminated Structures, Reinforced Plastic)
- Nonmetallic Aircraft Materials – Part Four (Rubber)
- Nonmetallic Aircraft Materials – Part Five (Seals-Part One)
- Nonmetallic Aircraft Materials – Part Six (Seals-Part Two)
- Aircraft Hardware – Threaded Fasteners Part One
- Aircraft Hardware – Threaded Fasteners Part Two (Bolts Part One)
- Aircraft Hardware – Threaded Fasteners Part Three (Bolts Part Two)
- Aircraft Hardware – Threaded Fasteners Part Four (Nuts Part One)
- Aircraft Hardware – Threaded Fasteners Part Five (Nuts Part Two)
- Aircraft Hardware – Threaded Fasteners Part Six (Washers)
- Aircraft Hardware – Threaded Fasteners Part Seven (Installation Part One)
- Aircraft Hardware – Threaded Fasteners Part Eight (Installation Part Two)
- Aircraft Hardware – Rivets and Fasteners (Part One)
- Aircraft Hardware – Rivets and Fasteners (Part Two)
- Aircraft Hardware – Rivets and Fasteners (Part Three)
- Aircraft Hardware – Rivets and Fasteners (Part Four)
- Aircraft Hardware – Rivets and Fasteners (Part Five)
- Aircraft Hardware – Rivets and Fasteners (Part Six)
- Aircraft Hardware – Rivets and Fasteners (Part Seven)
- Aircraft Hardware – Rivets and Fasteners (Part Eight)
- Aircraft Hardware – Rivets and Fasteners (Part Nine)
- Hole Repair and Hole Repair Hardware
- Control Cables and Terminals
- Safetying Methods – Part One
- Safetying Methods – Part Two
- Safetying Methods – Part Three
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