Advanced Composites in Aerospace Engineering Applications

This book presents an authoritative account of the potential of advanced composites such as composites, biocomposites, composites geopolymer, hybrid composites and hybrid biocomposites in aerospace application. It documents how in recent years, composite materials have grown in strength, stature, and significance to become a key material of enhanced scientific interest and resultant research into understanding their behavior for selection and safe use in a wide spectrum of technology-related applications. This collection highlights how their unique combination of superior properties such as low density, high strength, high elastic modulus, high hardness, high temperature capability, and excellent chemical and environmental stability are optimized in technologies within these field.

Dr. Norkhairunnisa Mazlan is an Associate Professor of nanocomposite materials at Universiti Putra Malaysia. She is currently serving under the Department of Aerospace Engineering. She has graduated with honours from School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2005. In 2006, she earned her master`s degree in Materials Engineering from USM and in 2012, she received her PhD in Nanotechnology from USM.

S.M. Sapuan is a professor of composite materials at Universiti Putra Malaysia. He earned his B.Eng degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Newcastle, Australia in 1990, MSc from Loughborough University, UK in 1994 and Ph.D from De Montfort University, UK in 1998.

R.A. Ilyas is a senior lecturer in School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia. He received his Diploma in Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in 2012. In 2016, he earned his Bachelor’s Degree (BSc) in Chemical Engineering from UPM and in 2016, he received his Ph.D in Biocomposite Technology and Product Design  from UPM.