| Lecture 1 |
Introduction to Composite Materials |
| Lecture 2 |
Constituents of Composite Materials; Types of Fiber and Matrix Materials |
| Lecture 3 |
Anisotropic Elasticity; Hooke's Law; Orthrotropic Materials |
| Lecture 4 |
Transverse and Isotropic Stiffness Matrix |
| Lecture 5 |
Volume Fractions; Longitudinal Strength; Transverse Strengths |
| Lecture 6 |
In-Plane Poisson's Ratio and Shear Modulus; Out of Plane Shear Modulus; Halpin Tsai Formulas |
| Lecture 7 |
Chami's Model; Sample Problems |
| Lecture 8 |
Longitudinal Compressive and Tensile Strength; Transverse Tensile Strength |
| Lecture 9 |
Short Fiber Composites |
Quiz-1 |
Spring 2022
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| Lecture 10 |
Ply Mechanics, Hooke's Law |
| Lecture 11 |
Tensors and it's Transformations; Elastic Potential Theory; Stiffness Matrix |
| Lecture 12 |
Engineering and Shear Strains; Planes of Symmetries |
| Lecture 13 |
Rotation Symmetry; Reciprocal Theory |
| Lecture 14 |
Isotropic and Orthotropic Materials |
| Lecture 15 |
Plane Stress Condition; Lamina Orientation; Reduced Stiffness Matrix |
| Lecture 16 |
Reduced Compliance Matrix; Concept of Mutual Infulence |
| Lecture 17 |
Ply Mechanics: Practice Problems |
Mid-Term Exam |
Spring 2022
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Lecture 18 |
Laminate Mechanics; Joint Plies |
| Lecture 19 |
Classical Laminate Theory (CLT) |
| Lecture 20 |
Stress Resultants; ABD Matrices |
| Lecture 21 |
Shear-Extension-Bending-Twisting Couplings; Laminate Notations; Laminate Stiffnesses: Single Isotropic Layer |
| Lecture 22 |
Laminate Stiffness: Single Layer Isotropic, Specially Orthotropic, Generally Orthotropic and Anisotropic Laminate; Symmetric Laminates: Multiple Isotropic Layers, Specially and Generally Orthotropic Materials; Angle Plies |
| Lecture 23 |
Angle Plies; Antisymmetric Laminates: Cross and Angle Plies |
| Lecture 24 |
Quasi-Isotropic, Balanced and Hybrid Laminates; Inversion of Stiffenss Matrix |
| Lecture 25 |
Hygro-Thermal Effects on Laminates |
Quiz-2 |
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Lecture 26 |
Recap |
| Lecture 27 |
Failure Theories: Maximum Stress and Strain Theories; Mohr Columb's Theory |
| Lecture 28 |
Tsai Hill Failure Theory |
| Lecture 29 |
Failure Theory - Practice Problems |
| Lecture 30 |
Strength Reduction by Sequential Ply Failure |
| Lecture 31 |
Delamination and Debonding |
End-Term Exam |
Spring 2022
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