MECH 422/4 & MECH 6581/4: MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF POLYMER COMPOSITE MATERIALS
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January 2012 |
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Dr. S.V. Hoa |
1. Outline; MECH 422/4& MECH 6581/4 MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF POLYMER COMPOSITE MATERIALS INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Suong V. Hoa, Professor Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Concordia Center for Composites (CONCOM) Office: EV 4-145. Tel. 848-2424 ext 3139. Fax. 848 3175. Email: hoasuon@alcor.concordia.ca COURSE OUTLINE: 1. Introduction to composite materials (Chapter 1). 2. Hygro-thermo-mechanical properties of fibers and matrices. (Chapter 3). 3. Determination of hygro-thermo-mechanical properties of a unidirectional layer using experiments and micro-mechanics (Chapter 3). 4. Linear elastic stress-strain characteristics of a unidirectional layer (Chapter 2). 5. Plane-stress stress-strain relations (Chapters 4,5). 6. Classical lamination theory (Chapters 6,7,8). 7. Failure theory for fiber-reinforced materials: Maximum stress criterion (Chapter 9). 8. Failure theory for fiber reinforced materials: Tsai-Wu criterion (Chapter 10) . 9. Environmentally induced stresses in laminates (Chapter 11). TEXT BOOK: Stress Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials, by Michael W. Hyer, Destech publications, 2009 |
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