Composite Materials for Aircraft Structures (AIAA Education) - Hardcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Alan A. Baker is a Senior Research Consultant for Advanced Composite Structures Australia and Emeritus Research Leader Aerospace Composite Structures, in the Aerospace Division of the Australian Defence Science and Technology Group. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, and has over 45 years' experience in advanced composites including 10 years in the Rolls Royce UK Advanced Research Laboratory. He is recognized for pioneering work on bonded composite repair of metallic aircraft components for which he has received many awards, including the 1990 Australian Government Minister's Award for Achievement in Defence Science, the 1999 Royal Aeronautical Society (Australia) Lawrence Hargrave Award, the 1999 Royal Aeronautical Society (UK) Specialist Gold Medal, the 2011 Engineers Australia AGM Michell Medal, and in 2015 he was elected as a World Fellow of the International Committee on Composite Materials.

Murray L. Scott is Chairman of Advanced Composite Structures Australia, the specialist engineering spin-out company of the world renowned Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures, of which he was Chief Executive Officer for over 13 years. He is an Adjunct Professor of RMIT University and has 35 years' aerospace engineering experience working in both industry and academia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, and a long-standing World Fellow of the International Committee on Composite Materials, of which he served as President (2001–03). Since 1994, he has represented Australia on the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences and has served in various capacities, including as President (2013–14). He continues to focus on developing new technologies for the design, low-cost manufacture, and support of application-critical composite structures in aerospace and other fields.