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Unconventional Techniques for the Production of Light Alloys and Composites

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The constant innovation of the modern aeronautical and aerospace industries demands the use of better and lighter materials, which represents the most efficient way to reduce the weight of structural components and devices. To achieve this, increasing the resistance-weight ratio implies the use of improved techniques and processing methods for the component manufacturing, which are mainly mass-produced from light alloys and composites, directly impacting the best aircraft performance. This chapter is dedicated to provide a brief description of various types of lightweight materials and composites currently in use, which have been shown to be able of conferring improved properties when they are produced by unconventional processing techniques. For composites materials, the chapter describes some of the most used reinforcement constituents for industrial applications. A brief explanation of various processes for manufacturing lightweight materials and composites, as well as some conventional and sophisticated characterization techniques to evaluate them is afforded.

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  1. Advanced Materials Research Center, Chihuahua, Mexico

    Jose Martin Herrera Ramirez

  2. Mexican Corporation for Research on Materials, CONACYT, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

    Raul Perez Bustamante

  3. Faculty of Engineering, GIIEN Research Group, Pascual Bravo University Institution, Medellin, Colombia

    Cesar Augusto Isaza Merino

  4. Advanced Materials Research Center, Monterrey, Mexico

    Ana Maria Arizmendi Morquecho

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Herrera Ramirez, J.M., Perez Bustamante, R., Isaza Merino, C.A., Arizmendi Morquecho, A.M. (2020). Introduction. In: Unconventional Techniques for the Production of Light Alloys and Composites. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48122-3_1

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