Basic Information
Types of Composites, Applications, Anisotropy And Hooke's Law# From The Most General Material to Isotropic Material, Engineering Moduli and Stiffness Tensor. Micromechanics of Composite Materials, Effective Properties and Energy of Heterogeneous Media, Representative Volume Element, Voigt-reuss Bounds and Examples For Calculating The Effective Moduli of a Fiber-reinforced Composite Transformations of The Stiffness Tensor, Plane Conditions, Invariants And Properties of an Unidirectional Iamina Local (principal) And Global Directions. Mechanical Properties of Composite Laminates, Stiffness Tensor of Composite Plates, Kinematic Considerations, Constitutive Equations. Boundary Conditions, Examples of Exact Solutions, Elastic Energy and Approximation Methods, Solution Accuracy. Hydrothermal Stresses and Material Constants. Strength, Failure Modes and Criteria Of Composite Laminate. Learning Outcomes# By The End of The Course The Student Will# 1. Demonstrate a Basic Understanding of What a Composite Material Consists Of, How It Behaves, Suitable Applications and Limitations. 2. Demonstrate an Understanding of How The Structure and Mechanical Properties of The Constituent Materials Affect The Mechanical Properties of The Composite. 3. Gain a Working Knowledge in Mechanical Behavior of Composite Materials, Mainly On Fiber Reinforced Polymers. 4. Demonstrate Understanding of Predicting The Mechanical Response Of a Composite Material Under Hydrothermal and Mechanical Loadings. 5. Gain Tools of How to Calculate Effective Properties of Composite Materials. 6. Demonstrate an Ability to Select Raw Materials For a Lamina, Choose The Proper Stacking Sequence of Laminas, and Design a Laminated Composite Structure. 7. Gain Knowledge in Manufacturing Processes of Composite Materials. 8. Gain Design Abilities For Failure of Composite Lamina and Laminate Structures.
Faculty: Mechanical Engineering
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Pre-required courses
35043 - Introduction to The Theory of Elasticity or 36003 - Introduction to Continuum Mechanics