Undergraduate Course: Advanced Composite Materials 5 (MECE11019)
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 | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Advanced Composites Materials 5 is aimed at manufacturing, testing, analysis and design of fibre reinforced polymer composite materials. Students will learn how to manufacture a reinforced composite laminate using industrial-relevant processes, carry out a comprehensive set of mechanical and physical tests, and use Composite Laminated Plate Theory (CLPT) and computational software/tools to design, analyse and predict the mechanical performance of composites. Course work based on laboratory work will constitute 50% of the marks for the course, with analytical and computational coursework constituting the other 50%. |
| Course description |
Lecture No. Lecture
1 Overview of Course
2 Health and Safety Induction & Lab Etiquette
3 Manufacturing Processes
4 Laminate Manufacture End-Tabbing Intro
5 Mechanical Testing 1
6 Mechanical Testing 2
7 Micromechanics 1 (Rule of Mixtures)
8 Micromechanics 2 (Shear Lag)
9 Anisotropic Elasticity 1
10 Anisotropic Elasticity 2
11 Composite Laminated Plate Theory 1
12 Composite Laminated Plate Theory 2
13 Strength of Laminates 1
14 Strength of Laminates 2
15 Software Class (eLamX2)
16 Anisotropic Plate & Beam Theory 1
17 Anisotropic Plate & Beam Theory 2
18 Abaqus Demonstration on Flat Plate
19 Sustainability 1
20 Sustainability 2
21 Q&A session for Assignment 2
22 Reserved
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 45 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 21,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 1,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 10,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 6,
Revision Session Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
58 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written Exam %:
Coursework %: 100
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of mechanical properties of composites including micromechanics
- Manufacture, physically test and characterise laminates under uniaxial loading.
- Design, analysis and modelling of a fibre reinforced composite laminate using Composite Laminated Plate Theory (CLPT) and computational software/tools
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Reading List
L.A. Carlsson, D.F. Adams, R.B. Pipes, Experimental Characterization of Advanced Composite Materials, 2014, CRC Press, Fourth Edition.
Robert M. Jones, Mechanics of Composite Materials, Mechanics of Materials, 1975, Scripts Book Co.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dongmin Yang
Tel: (0131 6)50 5644
Email: Dongmin.Yang@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Catherine Davidson
Tel:
Email: c.davidson@ed.ac.uk |
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