3.2.1-3.2.2 Composites, Aluminium

Composites Meta Sites

Table 5. COMPOSITES, META SITES
Name	Host	Materials	Type of links
Carbon-Carbon Composites	Clinton Chapman	carbon-carbon composites links to other composites	journal articles, links to technical reports, mechanical properties
Composites Corner	Turner Moss Company	composites; polymer, metal-matrix, carbon-carbon, etc. dielectric polymers	Companies, Academic Institutions, Associations, Suppliers, etc.
Composite Registry	Durability, Inc.	different types of composite materials	Manufacturers, Suppliers, Universities, Societies, Research, Consulting, Online Resources, Software, etc.
AERSP 597F Composites Links	AERSP 597F Advanced Composite Structures	advanced composite materials	links for aerospace applications; technical references, software, manufacturers, companies
links	Institute for Composite Materials, Ltd. (Andreas Reinhardt)	various including polymer, ceramic, etc.	Research Institutes, Resources, Standards, Databases, Commercial

Composites Corner is maintained by Turner Moss Company, which provides info on commercial research in polymer-, ceramic- and metal-matrix composites. It lists companies involved in composite materials (mainly U.S.), academic institutions, associations, corporations, financial sites, design, suppliers, etc. This is a good starting point in beginning to explore carbon-carbon composites. The Composite Registry at Durability, Inc. is another initiative to bring the Composite Community together in a centeralized web location. This will create an easy method to locate manufacturers, suppliers and universities. They are also working toward including conferences, employment opportunities, newly published books, and journals, etc. An online listing of new composite related sites is already present. This webserver has a composite literature reference database ranging between the years 1985-96. AERSP 597F Composites Links (for aerospace applications) contain a long list of well-described links, i.a. each link has a descriptive text segment. The host of this site is AERSP 597F, an educational instance, and it is recommended because it lists sites with a both diverse and clearly significant content for a materials engineer or designer.

Carbon-Carbon Composites

It describes carbon-carbon composites and some of their uses. This site has many different areas to explore which makes it interesting, and goes into a detailed description of each area listed. The materials properties section, which is under construction, contains data on mechanical properties, thermal expansion, and Poisson´s ratio.

Center for Composite Materials, Univ. of Delaware

Information on major current programs. Hosts the web site of the Composite Materials Handbook. It contains data on current and emerging composite materials. Copies of the working draft of the handbook can be downloaded on a chapter by chapter basis.

Academic Institutions

Composites & Adhesives Group, Univ. of Bristol

is a group of university researchers which carries out academic, as well as industrially oriented research in polymer matrix composites and structural adhesives. The group is based in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol.

The Oxford Centre for Advanced Materials and Composites (OCAMAC)

It was set up in 1990 as a joint venture of the Departments of Materials and Engineering Science at Oxford University. It?s objective is to foster integrated and interdisciplinary research into the scientific and technological problems of processing, properties, design and fabrication of components and devices manufactured from advanced materials and composites. The information online consists of newsletters about research activities and upcoming conferences, OCAMAC NEWS. Information on conferences (abstracts) can be submitted.

Index

Engineered Materials Abstracts, the science of polymers, ceramics and composite materials composites metal matrix composites ; ASD 2.0 database, Information analysis centers, Metadex polymer matrix composites ; MSC databanks, PLASCAMS

3.2.2 Aluminium

The Aluminium Industry WWW Server is providing information about organizations and corporations active in or related to the production of aluminium and aluminium products. It lists; primary aluminium smelters in the world, branch related organizations and topics, products and services related to the Al-industry, events, industry news, and newsgroups for technical discussions on aluminium related subjects. The Reynolds Metals Company is an aluminium company represented on the Web. Their Automotive Web has general information about how aluminium is used in cars, and detailed information for engineers to use as a resource of considerations for using aluminum when designing vehicles. It contains data sheets on some aluminium alloys used for automotive applications, these sheets including mechanical and physical properties of the alloys, corrosion resistance, and information on fabrications. Anodizers? Plaza is a site for news and discussion on surface treatments of aluminium.

Table 6. ALUMINIUM, DATABASES
Name	Host	Database Producer	Content	Access Mode
ALFRAC	STN International	the Aluminum Association and NIST	validated plane-strain fracture toughness and notch-tensile strength for 32 Al-alloys	online via Internet or Telnet
Aluminum Standards and Data	STN International	Aluminum Association	information on compositions, specifications, properties, applications, and fabrications of different Al-alloys	online via Internet or Telnet
ALUSELECT	Materials Technology Royal Institute of Technology	Materials Technology and European aluminium companies	Commercial Al-alloys. property groups: mechanical, physical, creep, fatigue, corrosion resistance, cold formability, welding, and machinability	PC-disks, commercial
MATEDS	Materials Technology Royal Institute of Technology	Materials Technology	Property databank for aluminium alloys with information adapted to engineering applications. systematic and semi- systematic materials selection methods available	PC-disks, commercial

Aluminum Standards and Data

Information taken from the Aluminum Association Database, which covers composition, specification, property, application, and fabrication information for commercially available aluminium alloys. It includes mechanical and physical property data. The source for this file is the 1990 edition of the Aluminum Standards and Data Handbook.

ALFRAC

The Aluminum Fracture Toughness database contains validated plane-strain fracture toughness and notch-tensile strength for 32 aluminium alloys. The coverage is from 1975 to 89, with test data compiled by the Aluminum Company of America. The database is produced by the Aluminum Association and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

ALUSELECT

The Royal Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Stockholm. A databank on properties of commercial aluminium alloys. The database was established in a collaberative effort between eight major European aluminium companies, from which data has been collected and evaluated. New harmonized values have been proposed and put into the database. The following property groups are included: conventional mechanical, physical, creep, fatigue, corrosion resistance, cold formability, welding, machinability and properties for surface treatment. A simple selection system is also provided. The copyrights for this database are owned by the European Aluminium Association (EAA).

MATEDS

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