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- Catalog Description
- 508 Composite Materials. (Crosslisted with EMA 508.) Irr; 3cr. Physical properties and mechanical behavior of polymer, metal, ceramic, cementitious, cellulosic and biological composite systems; micro- and macro-mechanics; lamination and strength analyses; static and transient loading; fabrication; recycling; design; analytical-experimental correlation; applications. P:ME 342 or ME 444 or ME/EMA 570 or EMA 506 or cons inst.
- Course Prerequisite(s)
- ME 001
- See catalog statement above
- Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills
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Basic knowledge of stress analysis, and solid mechanics/mechanics of materials.
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Computational skills, spreadsheets, word processors, presentation skills, etc.
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Capability with computational math packages such as EES, MathCAD or Matlab helpful.
- Textbook(s) and/or other required material
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Have used a variety of textbooks over the years, but Mechanics of Composite Materials, 2nd edition, by R. M. Jones, 1999, is representative - plus prepared/available notes.
- Course objectives
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Provide training in the analysis, response/behavior, design, selection, repair and recycling of anisotropic and/or composite materials - including societal and fiscal considerations.
- Topics covered
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Materials & systems (constituent and composite) - including polymeric, metal-matrix, ceramic-matrix, natural (cellulosic & biological) and cememtious composites.
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Stress & strain @ point, coord. transformation and orthotropic Hooke's Law.
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Applications to orthtropic elasticity
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Randomly orientated fibers
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Micromechanics
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Determination of material axes
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Lamination analysis
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Strength/failure analyses
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Design
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Selected topics from environmental effects, beams & structural applications, manufacturing/fabrication/processing, transient events, recycling, functionally gradient materials, experimental-theoretical-numerical correlations, applications.
- Class/laboratory schedule
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Lectures T & R (75 minutes/lecture)
- Contribution of course to meeting the professional component
- This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, and does provide design experience.
The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.
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Teaches methods for designing safe mechanical and structural components involving anisotropic/composite materials - with respect for societal and fiscal considerations.
- Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes
- This course serves students in a variety of engineering majors. The information below describes how the course contributes to the college's educational objectives.
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The course extends the students' knowledge of isotropic/monolithic/homogeneous materials acquired in their other engineering courses to anisotropic/inhomogeneous materials.
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The term projects provide training/experience in formulating & conducting a investigative project, preparing a report and presenting the latter orally to the class, e.g., course nutures investigative experiences, and writing & oral presentation skills. The term projects can be conducted individually or in teams - the latter providing experience in team dynamics. That the term projects are often experiemntal in nature, helps to develop laboratory skills.
- Assessment of student progress toward course objectives
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Graded homework assignments, exams and team project (written report and oral presentation).
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