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2021-2022 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
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ME 429 - Composite Materials

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course introduces the student to the mechanical behavior of fiber-reinforced composite materials. Topics to be covered include anisotropic stress-strain relationships, failure theories, and stress analysis of plates and shells. Different manufacturing methods and applications will be presented. (prereq: ME 2004 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Be familiar with indicial notation
  • Transform tensor quantities from one coordinate system to another
  • Compute stresses and strains for a composite lamina subjected to in-plane, bending, and thermal loads
  • Apply different failure criteria to predict laminate failures
  • Be familiar with the most commonly-used manufacturing processes of composite structures
  • Be familiar with aerospace, automotive, recreational, and industrial applications of composite materials
  • Be familiar with several standard test methods of composites

Prerequisites by Topic
  • Mechanics of materials

Course Topics
  • Introduction to composite materials
  • Indicial notation, matrices, and tensors
  • Mechanics of a composite lamina
  • Extensional behavior of a symmetric laminate
  • Failure criteria
  • Composite schedules
  • Macro mechanical models
  • Micro mechanical models
  • Mechanical behavior of a general lamina
  • Manufacturing processes
  • Test methods
  • Testing lab demonstration

Coordinator
Dr. Robert Rizza



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