Contents

1. Introduction to Composite Materials & Structures.
2. Tabulation of mechanical properties of fibres and matrices.

Section 1

1. Elasticity parallel and perpendicular to fibres.
2. Packing of fibres, weight and volume fraction.

1. Determine stiffness in a simple fibre composite
2. Determine stiffness where there is more than one type of fibre

Section 2

Section 3

1. Elastic deformation only, brittle matrix fails fFirst
2. Elastic deformation only, brittle fibre fails first
3. Elastic-plastic matrix, brittle fibre fails first

1. A simple strength calculator.
2. Plot load-deflection response of user defined composite.

1. Tensor elasticity/Tensor rotations
2. Elastic properties of a chopped strand mat - random fibre orientations.
3. Mohrs circle and effect of orientation on strength

1. Review the use of Mohr's Circle in 2-D and 3-D
2. Define stiffness tensor as a function of orientation and extract the various elastic constants as a function of volume fraction and orientation.
3. Calculation of stress and strain at any orientation and determine the strength of the composite.

Section 4

Section 5

1. Determination of the elastic properties of a laminate
   
   • Forces and Moments
   • ABD matrices
   • Tensile Stiffness and Flexural Stiffness
2. Determination of strength of a laminate - first ply failure.

1. Calculate tensile and flexural stiffness of any laminate at any orientation.
2. Calculation of stress and strain at any orientation.
3. Calculate the strength at any orientation.

use of laminate theory to predict properties of a simple sandwich core laminated composite structure

Section 6

Section 7

1. Pre-stressed concrete beams
   
2. Nomex cored graphite-epoxy panels