CME382 Composite Materials and Mechanics Syllabus:

CME382 Composite Materials and Mechanics Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. To study the fundamentals of composite material strength and its mechanical behavior
2. To study the analysis of fiber reinforced Laminate design for different combinations of plies with different orientations of the fiber.
3. To study Thermo-mechanical behavior and study of residual stresses in Laminates during processing.
4. To Implementation of Classical Laminate Theory (CLT) to study and analysis for residual stresses in an isotropic layered structure such as electronic chips.
5. To study the fundamentals of composite material strength and its mechanical

UNIT – I INTRODUCTION, LAMINA CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS & MANUFACTURING

Definition –Need – General Characteristics, Applications. Fibers – Glass, Carbon, Ceramicand Aramid fibers. Matrices – Polymer, Graphite, Ceramic and Metal Matrices – Characteristics of fibers and matrices. Lamina Constitutive Equations: Lamina Assumptions – Macroscopic Viewpoint. Generalized Hooke’s Law. Reduction to Homogeneous Orthotropic Lamina – Isotropic limit case, Orthotropic Stiffness matrix (Qij), Typical Commercial material properties, Rule of Mixtures. Generally Orthotropic Lamina –Transformation Matrix, Transformed Stiffness. Manufacturing:Bag Moulding Compression Moulding – Pultrusion – Filament Winding – Other Manufacturing Processes

UNIT – II FLAT PLATE LAMINATE CONSTITUTE EQUATIONS

Definition of stress and Moment Resultants. Strain Displacement relations. Basic Assumptions of Laminated anisotropic plates. Laminate Constitutive Equations – Coupling Interactions, Balanced Laminates, Symmetric Laminates, Angle Ply Laminates, Cross Ply Laminates. Laminate Structural Moduli. Evaluation of Lamina Properties from Laminate Tests. Quasi-Isotropic Laminates. Determination of Lamina stresses within Laminates.

UNIT – III LAMINA STRENGTH ANALYSIS

Introduction – Maximum Stress and Strain Criteria. Von-Misses Yield criterion for Isotropic Materials. Generalized Hill’s Criterion for Anisotropic materials. Tsai-Hill’s Failure Criterion for Composites. Tensor Polynomial (Tsai-Wu) Failure criterion. Prediction of laminate Failure

UNIT – IV THERMAL ANALYSIS

Assumption of Constant C.T. E’s. Modification of Hooke’s Law. Modification of Laminate Constitutive Equations. Orthotropic Lamina C.T. E’s. C.T. E’s for special Laminate Configurations –Unidirectional, Offaxis, Symmetric Balanced Laminates, Zero C.T.E laminates, Thermally Quasi-Isotropic Laminates

UNIT – V ANALYSIS OF LAMINATED FLAT PLATES

Equilibrium Equations of Motion. Energy Formulations. Static Bending Analysis. Buckling Analysis. Free Vibrations – Natural Frequencies

TOTAL:45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:

At the end of the course the students would be able to
1. Summarize the various types of Fibers, Equations and manufacturing methods for 1
2. Derive Flat plate Laminate equations
3. Analyze Lamina strength
4. Analyze the thermal behavior of Composite laminates
5. Analyze Laminate flat plates

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Gibson, R.F., “Principles of Composite Material Mechanics”, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, CRC press in progress, 1994, -.
2. Hyer, M.W., “Stress Analysis of Fiber – Reinforced Composite Materials”, McGraw Hill, 1998

REFERENCES:

1. Agarwal, B.D., and Broutman L.J., “Analysis and Performance of Fiber Composites”, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1990.
2. Halpin, J.C., “Primer on Composite Materials, Analysis”, Technomic Publishing Co., 1984.
3. Issac M. Daniel and Ori Ishai, “Engineering Mechanics of Composite Materials”, Oxford University Press-2006, First Indian Edition – 2007
4. Mallick, P.K., Fiber,” Reinforced Composites: Materials, Manufacturing and Design”, Maneel Dekker Inc, 1993.
5. Mallick, P.K. and Newman, S., (edition), “Composite Materials Technology: Processes and Properties”, Hansen Publisher, Munish, 1990.