Course information

Introduction to Composite Materials: - Historical Context and Applications: Overview of the development and uses of composite materials. - Classification of Composite Materials: Based on matrices and reinforcements: - Matrices: Brief description of polymeric systems. - Categories of Reinforcements: - Particles, fibers, and nanoinclusions. - Structured Composite Materials: Fiber classification by material, orientation, length, and distribution. - Core materials. Manufacturing with composites: - Manufacturing techniques (theory). - Laboratory (Manufacturing of Fiber Reinforced Plate with Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding). Long-Fiber Ply properties: - Curing degree, density, stiffness, strength, thermal expansion factor. - Rule of mixtures and more advanced micromechanical theories. Stress-Strain Theory of a single ply: - Stress-Strain Tensor: Examination and relevance. - Stiffness and Compliance tensorial transformation. Orthotropic and Transversely Isotropic Materials: - Multilayered composites, coding, and classical laminate theory. - Theoretical Models: For determining elastic constants and strength. Failure Criteria for Composite Materials: - Maximum stress-strain criteria, Puck, and Tsai-Wu models. - Comparisons between criteria and selecting an appropriate one.