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Recent Advancements in Advanced Composites for Aerospace Applications: A Review

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Advanced Composites in Aerospace Engineering Applications

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Continual development and establishment of innovative materials in aerospace applications intends at reduction in weight, improved fuel efficiency, superior performance, and decreased cost. Progress of engineering materials for aerospace application affects both financial and ecological issues. Latest developments in advanced composites impact aerospace applications, due to superior strength-to-weight ratio, wear resistance, and thermal resistance compared to conventional materials. Composite materials, due to their unique features, lighter weight, high fatigue strength, and anticorrosion resistance, have begun to be used more prominently for almost a decade to produce wings and fuselages in major commercial aircraft. In the last 20 years, advanced hybrid composites have turned out to be established as exceptionally efficient, elevated performance structural materials, and their consumption is increasing rapidly. This review chapter on recent advancements in advanced composites for aerospace applications presents a brief review of the present status of hybrid composite materials technology, in terms of characteristics and classification of aerospace composites, selection criteria, manufacturing process, and application of advanced composites in the aircraft and aerospace industries.

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The authors admiringly acknowledge the support of the Mechanical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia, for all the necessary facilities and granting a Ph.D. scholarship under the GA scheme. Authors also would like to thank the Advanced Engineering Materials and Composites Research Center, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, for informative support during the review.

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    Mohammad Azad Alam, H. H. Ya & Othman Mamat

  2. Advanced Engineering Materials and Composites Research Centre (AEMC), Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

    S. M. Sapuan

  3. Laboratory of Biocomposite, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

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  5. Chemical Engineering, Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

    Mohammad Yusuf

  6. Electrical Engineering, Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

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    R. A. Ilyas

  8. Centre for Advanced Composite Materials (CACM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

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Alam, M.A. et al. (2022). Recent Advancements in Advanced Composites for Aerospace Applications: A Review. In: Mazlan, N., Sapuan, S., Ilyas, R. (eds) Advanced Composites in Aerospace Engineering Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88192-4_16

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