Aerospace Materials and Material Technologies

Part - I: PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES.- Chapter 1: Processing of Aerospace Metals & Alloys: Part A - Special Melting Technologies.- Chapter 2: Processing of Aerospace Metals & Alloys: Part B - Secondary Processing.- Chapter 3: Superplastic Forming of Aerospace Materials.- Chapter 4: Welding Technologies in Aerospace Applications.- Chapter 5: Nano Manufacturing for Aerospace Applications.- Part - II: CHARACTERISATION AND TESTING.- Chapter 6: Microstructure: An Introduction.- Chapter 7: Texture Effects in Important Aerospace Materials.- Chapter 8: Physical Property Significances for Aerospace Structural Materials. Chapter 9: Structural Alloy Testing: Part A - Ambient Temperature Properties.- Chapter 10: Structural Alloy Testing: Part B - Creep Deformation and Other High Temperature Properties.- Chapter 11: Non - Destructive Testing and Damage Detection.- Part - III: STRUCTURAL DESIGN.- Chapter 12: Design of Aircraft Structures: An Overview.- Chapter 13: Aircraft Mechanical Systems.- Chapter 14: Design and Structures of Aircraft Engines.- Chapter 15: Missile Propulsion Systems.- Chapter 16: Fatigue Requirements for Aircraft Structures.- Chapter 17: Full-Scale Fatigue Testing.- Chapter 18: Residual Strength Requirements for Aircraft Structures.- Chapter 19: Stress Corrosion Cracking in Aircraft Structures.- Part - IV: SPECIAL TECHNOLOGIES.- Chapter 20: Aero Stores (Materials) Inspection and Quality Assurance.- Chapter 21: Fatigue Life Enhancement for Metallic Airframe Materials.- Chapter 22: Structural Health Monitoring.- Chapter 23: Failure Analysis and Prevention.- Chapter 24: Airworthiness Certification of Metallic and Non-Metallic Materials: The Indian Approach and Methodologies.- Chapter 25: Lightweight Ballistic Armours for Aero Vehicle Protection.

Dr. N. Eswara Prasad, FIE,FAPAS,FIIM, a B.Tech. (1985) and a Ph.D. (1993) in Metallurgical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India, is an innovative and creative researcher and technologist. He is currently serving as Director, Defense Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE), DRDO at Kanpur, India.He has made significant and outstanding contributions to the Indian Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in the last 30 years in the fields of design, materials development and characterization, and airworthiness certified production of many advanced aerospace, aeronautical and naval materials and components. The extensive research work conducted by him has resulted in the development and certified production of (i) Al & Al-Li alloys for LCA, LCH and Indian Space Programme, (ii) Aero Steels, including Maraging and PH Steels for Indian Missile Programmes, (iii) High strength and high temperature Ti Alloys, including -Ti alloys for LCA's slat tracks and landing gear, (iv) Advanced Ultrahigh Temperature materials - Mo & Ti Intermetallics, Monolithic Ceramics (Structural Alumina, Graphite and SiC), Carbon, Silica and SiC based Continuous Fibre-reinforced, Ceramic-matrix Composites (CFCCs) for cutting edge components, systems and technologies. Application of these materials in DRDO has been complemented by him by extensive fundamental research on tensile deformation, fatigue and fracture, correlations between chemical composition-processing-microstructure-texture-deformation, leading to first time scientific explanations on Property Anisotropy. In the last 6 years, Dr. Prasad has been instrumental in the concurrent development and production of several airworthiness certified materials and components of Aero and Naval steels, Al alloys, Ni-base Superalloys, Ti sponge and Special Ti alloys for Indian Defense, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy and ATVP - the Indian Submarine Program, which