Composite Materials
- Basic definitions and concepts, Types of composite materials and their applications, Reinforcing fibers and plastic matrix materials, Manufacturing methods of short and continuous fiber composites
- Mechanical Properties of Materials including Stiffness and Strength, Isotropic and Anisotropic Materials, Stress and Strain Tensors, Stiffness and Compliance Matrices
- Anisotropic properties, Methods of experimental characterization, Models for elastic constants for a unidirectional composite layer
- Mechanics of unidirectional composites, Anisotropic homogeneous materials, Orthotropic materials, Planes of symmetry, Generalization of Hooke's law, Engineering constants of anisotropic materials
- Off-axis behavior of unidirectional layers, Transformation of stiffness and compliance matrices, Strength of an orthotropic layer, Failure theories for unidirectional layers, Behavior of a multidirectional woven fabric composite
- Laminates and their symbols, Laminate layup, Classical laminate theory, Load-deformation relations for laminates, Laminate stiffness matrices
- Marine applications of composite materials, Design of composite displacement vessels, Selection of materials and testing, Design of composite modern high-speed vessels, Loading and structural analysis