Material Anaylsis

¹ Aluminium 6061 is a commonly used grade, hence why it is used for the comparison.

² VCB-20 is a commonly used grade of carbon fibre found in the automotive industry, hence why it is used for the comparison.

³ Carbon fibre does not actually have a yield strength. It will always elastically deform in accordance with hookes law until its ultimate tensile strength (UTS). Once it reaches its UTS it will fail.

⁴ Grade 5 (Ti6-4) is a commonly used titanium alloy, found in many industry applications, hence why it is used for the comparison.

Evaluation of Materials

As there are 12 materials, a scoring system ranging from 1-12 will be used, 1 for the worst material and 12 for the best material in a given field.

The table clearly distinguishes the differences between each material, however cost is a more dominating factor and will have more of an influence over the decision of which material is chosen. This is to be discussed between the group and from then we will analyse and choose the final material.