The Aeronautical Structures Laboratory aims to prepare students with the knowledge and ability to design and manufacture composite structures materials helping researchers get their engineering concepts into practice.
- Equipment
The lab is equipped with a variety of tools and machines, which includes:
- Hand Tools: Drilling, cutting, controlled temperature vacuum bag
- Sandblaster (Increase adherent surface roughness and improve adhesion)
- Stove
- Freezer
Since adhesively bonded composite joints are showing an increasing contribution in the aerospace industry, the laboratory also provides techniques for manufacturing Single Lap Joint specimens and other specific configurations to obtain adhesive or laminate fracture toughness.
Moreover, the lab has partnerships with various departments at the University of São Paulo, including the Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos (IQSC), the Institute of Physics of São Carlos (IFSC), and the Institute of Mathematical and Computer Sciences (ICMC). This collaboration allows for the construction of different layouts depending on a given fiber orientation to obtain mechanical properties or unique material characteristics without any lack of equipment.
- Specimens
To summarize, bellow you can find a list of some of the specimens that can be made in our laboratory:
- Uni or Multidirectional Composites Specimens;
- Single Lap Joints Specimens with multiple adhesive thicknesses;
- Double Cantilever Beam Specimens and End Notched Flexure Specimens;
- Sandwich Structures;
- Resin bulk Specimens;
- Metal Specimens.
- Natural Composites