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    Plastics, composites, and carbon fibers are widely used in aircraft construction. Transparent plastics are used in canopies and windshields while reinforced plastics are used in radomes, wingtips, and flight controls due to their high strength to weight ratio. Composite materials made of layers of bonding materials like graphite epoxy provide an extra high strength to weight ratio. Carbon fiber is extremely strong and made from charred synthetic fibers.

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    Non Metallic Material

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    Plastics, composites, and carbon fibers are widely used in aircraft construction. Transparent plastics are used in canopies and windshields while reinforced plastics are used in radomes, wingtips, and flight controls due to their high strength to weight ratio. Composite materials made of layers of bonding materials like graphite epoxy provide an extra high strength to weight ratio. Carbon fiber is extremely strong and made from charred synthetic fibers.

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    Plastics, composites, and carbon fibers are widely used in aircraft construction. Transparent plastics are used in canopies and windshields while reinforced plastics are used in radomes, wingtips, and flight controls due to their high strength to weight ratio. Composite materials made of layers of bonding materials like graphite epoxy provide an extra high strength to weight ratio. Carbon fiber is extremely strong and made from charred synthetic fibers.

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    Plastics, composites, and carbon fibers are widely used in aircraft construction. Transparent plastics are used in canopies and windshields while reinforced plastics are used in radomes, wingtips, and flight controls due to their high strength to weight ratio. Composite materials made of layers of bonding materials like graphite epoxy provide an extra high strength to weight ratio. Carbon fiber is extremely strong and made from charred synthetic fibers.

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    AIRCRAFT MATERIAL

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     In addition to metals, various types of plastic materials are found in aircraft

    construction. Some of these plastics include transparent plastic, reinforced


    plastic, composite, and carbon-fiber materials.

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     Plastics are used in many applications throughout modern aircraft. These

    applications range from structural components of the thermosetting plastics


    reinforced with fiber glass to decorative trim of thermoplastic material.

    3
     Transparent plastic is used in canopies, windshields, and other

    transparent enclosures. You need to handle transparent plastic surfaces


    carefully because they are relatively soft and scratch easily. At
    approximately 225°F, transparent plastic becomes soft and pliable.

    4
     Reinforced plastic is used in the construction of radomes, wingtips,

    stabilizer tips, antenna covers, and flight controls. Reinforced plastic has a
    high strength to weight ratio and is resistant to mildew and rot. Because it is
    easy to fabricate, it is equally suitable for other parts of the aircraft.
    Reinforced plastic is a sandwich type material (fig. 4-4). It is made up of
    two outer facings and a center layer. The facings are made up of several
    layers of glass cloth, bonded together with a liquid resin. The core material
    (center layer) consists of a honeycomb structure made of glass cloth.
    Reinforced plastic is fabricated into a variety of cell sizes.

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     Rubber is used to prevent the entrance of dirt, water or air, and to prevent the loss of
    fluids, gases, or air. It is also used to absorb vibration, reduce noise and cushion impact
    loads. The term “Rubber” is as all inclusive as the term “metal”. It is used to include not
    only natural rubber, but all synthetic and silicone rubbers.

     Natural rubber has better processing and physical properties than synthetic or silicon
    rubber. These properties include :
    1. Flexibility
    2. Elasticity
    3. Tensile strenght
    4. Tear strenght
    5. Low heat build up due to flexing (hysteresis)

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     Synthetic Rubber

     Synthetic rubber is a available in several types, each of which is compounded of


    different materials to give the desired properties. The most widely used are :
    1. Butyl
    2. Buna-S
    3. Buna-N
    4. Neoprene
    5. Thiokol
    6. Silicon

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     High performance aircraft require an extra high strength to weight ratio material.

    Fabrication of composite materials satisfies this special requirement. Composite


    materials are constructed by using several layers of bonding materials (graphite
    epoxy or boron epoxy). These materials are mechanically fastened to conventional
    substructures. Another type of composite construction consists of thin graphite
    epoxy skins bonded to an aluminum honeycomb core. Carbon fiber is extremely
    strong, thin fiber made by heating synthetic fibers, such as rayon, until charred, and
    then layering in cross sections.

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    1. Q4-6. Materials currently used in aircraft construction are classified as
    what type of materials?

    2. Q4-7. What are the most common metallic materials used in aircraft
    construction?

    3. Q4-8. What are the non metallic materials used in aircraft construction?

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