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Engineering Metals and Materials Table of Contents
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Metals and other materials used within aerospace / aviation applications are typically the same materials used in other industries. Although the design requirements for aerospace and commercial products may
differ significantly, the required design values for the strength of materials and elements and other needed material characteristics are often identical.
Metals and other materials used within aerospace (military) are governed by MIL-HDBK-5 superceded by DOR/FAA/AR-MMPDS-01 Metallic Materials Properties and Standardization. DOR/FAA/AR-MMPDS-01 is technically identical to Mil-Hdbk-5J. Commercial and industrial applications may use the identical material standard identification or reference standard number identifier.
Engineering design references for data and various test methods are listed within DOR/FAA/AR-MMPDS-01 and contains general requirements which in combination with the specific material specifications set the requirements for structural design, analysis and testing of fixed and rotary wing aircraft.
Other controlling specifications for aerospace/aviation metals and materials are the tracability requirements defined by
MIL-STD -130. This tracability requirements
standard provides the criteria by which companies develop specific item identification marking requirements for their products to track the materials pedigree.
