| Credit
Hours: |
3-0-3 |
| Prerequisites: |
AE
4791 or CEE 4791 or CHE 4791 or TFE 4791 or ME 4791 or MSE 4791 or equivalent |
| Catalog
Description: |
Anisotropic
elasticity, hygrothermal behavior, stress analysis of laminated composites
including 3D effects, stress concentrations, free-edge effects, thick laminates,
adhesive and mechanical connections, fracture of composites. Crosslisted
with AE, CHE, CEE, MSE, and TFE 7792. |
| Textbook: |
None;
Instructor's notes. |
| Instructors: |
Iwona
Jasiuk (ME), Jianmin Qu (ME), Wan-Lee Yin(CEE), Erian Armanios(AE), George
Kardomateas(AE), Rami Haj-ali (CEE) (Spring2004). |
| Topics: |
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Review
of anisotropic elasticity.
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Failure
theories.
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Hygrothermal
behavior and related constitutive equations; fabrication or residual stresses.
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Stress
analysis in laminated composites including 3-D effects; variational formulation.
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Thick
laminates: transverse shear deformation, first order and higher order theories.
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Local
effects associated with geometric and material discontinuities: free edge,
ply termination, interface, etc.
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Joints:
mechanical and adhesive connections.
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Creep
of composites: Stress-strain relations including time and temperature factors;
material property deterioration.
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Fracture
of composites: crack formation; mode of fracture; separation of modes;
energy release rate, analytic determination and experimental measurement.
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Impact:
stresses and damages in a laminate due to low velocity impact.
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Hybrid
composites and other advanced topics.
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