Mexico’s Aerospace Summit, 2018Panel: Aerospace Industry Innovation and Academic Links in MexicoDr. Felipe A. Rubio Castillo

• Composites: Physical, Thermal, and Chemical testing.• Environmental testing.• Flammability testing.Materials Related Infrastructure

Composites Manufacturing Laboratory• Clean room for composite layup.• Fridges for pre-pregs storage.• ASC autoclave 2x4 ft, 200 PSI@650 °F.• Hydraulic & pneumatic hot-presses.• Zünd G3 CNC high precision cutter.• Resin Transfer Molding (RTM).• Resin Infusion (VARI)• Thermoplastics extrusion• Composites repair.AutoclaveLiquid Composite Molding Fiber cutting machine

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• High accuracy 3D metrology direct measuring system.• High precision sample manipulation system.• 300kV state-of-the-art high power magnification.• Micro-focus (<1 μm) feature detectability resolution (300 kV).• Nano-focus (<0.5 μm) feature detectability resolution (180 kV). Computerized X-ray Tomography

Components and Assemblies Structural Testing Lab• 2 swivel articulated MTS hydraulicactuators with 20 inch stroke and 50kN force transducer.• 2 swivel articulated MTS hydraulicactuators with 20 inch stroke and100 kN force transducer.• 1 swivel articulated MTS hydraulicactuators with 40 inch stroke and 50kN force transducer.• 1 swivel articulated MTS hydraulicactuators with 40 inch stroke and100 kN force transducer.• Ground beam floor for full scaletesting of aircraft components.

AMP hybri-tec High vacuum (10-5 bar) Nitrided, Carbo-Nitrided, BrazingSpecialized Heat Treatments Furnace6

• AMS Hybri-Tech High Vacuum (10-5 Torr) furnace (1350 °C).⁻ 600 kg, 60x60x100 cm3.⁻ 15 bar Nitrogen cooling pressure.

• Surface hardening.⁻ Plasma Nitriding.⁻ Carbo-Nitriding.⁻ Brazing.

• Annealing.• Sintering.

• Fluid-structure interaction in aeronautical components.

• Aerodynamic design.

• Composite materials behavior in aeronautical components.

• Aeroelasticity.

• CFD simulation of composites processing (Molding).

• Control and optimization of resin flow in complex geometries.

• Multi-scale failure phenomena in composites materials (delamination, crack propagation,fiber buckling, etc.).

Modeling and Computational Simulation Research Lines