Undergraduate Course: Advanced Composite Materials 5 (MECE11016)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Advanced Composites Materials 5 is a predominantly laboratory-based course aimed at design, manufacture and testing of fibre reinforced composite materials. Students will learn how to design a reinforced composite laminate, the theory behind such design (Composite Laminated Plate Theory), and will carry out a comprehensive set of mechanical and physical tests on a representative fibre reinforced composite, in order to validate the design process by experimental manufacture and testing.Laboratories and coursework will constitute 60% of the marks for the course, with an examination constituting 40%. |
| Course description |
The course will consist of 24 hours of lectures, plus 5 major laboratory experiments:
Lectures:
1.Composite Materials Overview ;4 hours
2.Composite Laminated Plate Theory-10 hours
3.Processing & Characterisation Techniques ;6 hours
4.Experimental Methods ;4 hours
Laboratory Experiments:
1.Lamina mechanical testing (tensile testing in fibre direction, transverse direction and shear testing)
2.Physical characterisation experiments
3.Off-axis tensile lamina testing
4.Multi-ply laminate tensile testing experiments
5.Multi-ply laminate flexure testing
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Solid Mechanics 3 (MECE09009)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Design a fibre-reinforced composite laminate using Composite Laminated Plate Theoryand combined anisotropic failure theories;
- Manufacture composite laminates and test specimens using pre-impregnated tape or resin infusion methods;
- Characterise fibre-reinforced composites using and mechanical test methods (tensile, off-axis tensile, flexure and compressive);
- Use displacement and strain gauges, contact and non-contact extensometry to measure specimen deformation and interpret mechanical test results on multi-angle composite laminates;
- Physically characterise degree of cure, fibre volume fraction and use optical and scanning electron microscopy to characterise failure surfaces.
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Reading List
Experimental Characterization of Advanced Composite Materials, 4thedition, Leif. A. Carlsson et al, CRC Press, 2014.
Introduction to Composites Materials Design, 2ndedition, E. J. Barbero, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, 2011.
An Introduction to Composite Materials, 2ndedition, D. Hull, T.W. Clyne, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Composite Materials: Engineering and Science, F.L. Matthews and R. D. Rawlings, CRC Press, 1999.
Thermal Analysis of Polymers: Fundamentals and Applications, Joseph D. Menczel, R. Bruce Prime, Wiley, 2009.
Manufacturing of Polymer Composites, Tomas Astrom, CRC Press, 1997 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Composite Materials,Design,Manufacture,Test,Analysis |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Edward McCarthy
Tel: (0131 6)50 4867
Email: ed.mccarthy@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr James Foster
Tel: (0131 6)51 3562
Email: James.Foster@ed.ac.uk |
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