This introductory course is designed for a wide range of audiences including technicians, engineers, analysts, and inspectors to gain hands-on experience in advanced composite material manufacturing, adhesive bonding, damage surveys, non-destructive inspection techniques, repair techniques, and mechanical testing.

Objective of this course is to expose the attendees to various aspects of composite manufacturing, inspections, repair and testing. Course content includes fabrication of monolithic and sandwich panels, joining composites with adhesive bonding, inspection of composites with various non-destructive techniques, machining and hole drilling, repair of composite structures (monolithic and honeycomb), instrumentation of composite test articles, and various aspects of mechanical testing of composite structures. This course is designed as a supplemental course for composite theory classes, thus class time is maximized so that the attendees get hands-on experience.

DAY 1: FABRICATION OF MonOLITHIC AND SANDWICH PARTS

DAY 2: COMPOSITE DAMAGE INSPECTION & REPAIR

DAY 3: JOINING OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

DAY 4: MECHANICAL TESTING AND FAILURE ANALYSIS

Cost: $2,000

(includes all laboratory materials and certificate completion)

NIAR supports the aviation industry by providing research, development, testing, certification and training services. Its laboratories include Advanced Coatings, Aging Aircraft, CAD/CAM, Composites & Advanced Materials, Computational Mechanics, Crash Dynamics, Environmental Test, Full-Scale Structural Test, Mechanical Test, Metrology, Nondestructive Test, Research Machine Shop, Virtual Reality and the Walter H. Beech Wind Tunnel. NIAR operates on a nonprofit budget and is the largest university aviation R&D institution in the U.S., located in Wichita, Kan., the "Air Capital of the World."