Undergraduate - UnitMEC4446 - Composite structures

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering
Organisational Unit	Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Offered	Clayton First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr W Yan

Synopsis

Specific modulus and specific strength; 3D stress and 3D strain tensors; anisotropic elasticity; composite lamina and composite laminate; hygrothermal strain and hygrothermal stress analysis of composite structures; failure theories for a composite lamina; micromechanical analysis of a composite lamina; classical lamination theory for composite laminate, failure analysis of composite laminates, design of composite laminates, finite element analysis of composite materials and structures.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

understand the basic concepts and the application of composite materials in modern industries;
extend the understanding in the fundamentals of mechanics of solids and stress analysis and apply them to the analysis and design of composite materials and structures.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 70%
Assignments, tutorial work and test: 30%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Chris Davies

Workload requirements

22 lecture hours and 22 practical/practice class hours

Prerequisites

120 credit points completed