Analysis and Design of Composite Structures/ Mechanics of Composite Materials MAE 237 Syllabus

Class schedule
Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:10-4 pm, 1070 Bainer

Prerequisites
Good knowledge of linear algebra and mechanics of materials.

Goals
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze and design multilayered structures made with composite materials.

Instructor
Dr. Valeria La Saponara Email: vlasaponara@ucdavis.edu Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 10:45 am-11:45 am, or by appointment. Office: Bainer 2100 Phone: (530)-754-8938

Course web site

http://mae.ucdavis.edu/vlasaponara/mae237.html The course web site contains syllabus, announcements, homework, solutions to homework and past exams. Most documents will be in .pdf format. Students are required to check their UC Davis/LLNL/Sandia email account and the course web site throughout the quarter. There is a mailing list, mae237-s10@ucdavis.edu, accessible only to people registered in this course. The email is archived, and access to the archive requires UC Davis login.

Textbook
Mechanics of Fibrous Composites (Hardcover, 1997), Author: Carl T. Herakovich, ISBN: 0471106364 Additional notes will be either distributed as photocopies, or posted as .pdf files on the mailing list/course web site.

Other References
(photocopies or .pdf files will be available as needed) Introduction to Design and Analysis with Advanced Composite Materials, by S. R. Swanson, PrenticeHall, 1997 Stress Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials, by M. W. Hyer, McGraw-Hill, 1997 Principles of Composite Material Mechanics, by R. F. Gibson, 2nd edition, CRC Press, 2007

Homework
The UC Davis Code of Academic Conduct applies to this course, http://sja.ucdavis.edu/cac.html .
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Students are encouraged to discuss with each other about the homework, but the final product needs to be only the work of the person who has the name on it. Copy-and-paste and plagiarism will not be tolerated. Late homework will not be accepted, unless there is a documented emergency, discussed with the instructor before the deadline. Homework in electronic form will only be accepted if sent from virus-free UC Davis or LLNL/Sandia accounts. The size of the overall attachments must be less than 5 MB. At (electronic) submission, you need to carbon-copy yourself. Homework codes Homework needs to be submitted as one single document, in Word or .pdf format. The only exception to the one-file policy is for Excel spreadsheets, which must be e-mailed separately. Source codes must be included in the document itself, with the exception of Excel spreadsheets, as discussed above. Acceptable languages are MATLAB, FORTRAN and R. Source codes must be commented and include units for input and output.

Academic holidays
Monday May 31st, Memorial Day

Grading, exams
The final grade for the course will be based on the following: Homework 20% th Midterm exam on (tentative) Wednesday May 12 , 2:10-4 pm 40% Final exam on Monday June 7th, 3:30-5:30 pm 40% Total 100%

The exams will be open notes/open books. Make-up exams will only be given for documented emergencies.

Course topics
1.Advanced Composite Materials and their Applications Introduction Fibers Matrix materials Material forms and fabrication methods Current applications 2.Concepts of solid mechanics Tensors Stress and strain Plane stress and plane strain Strain energy density Generalized Hooke's Law Material symmetry Engineering constants
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Coordinate transformations Thermal effects Moisture effects Chemical aging, flammability 3.Concepts of Micromechanics Effective properties Survey and model comparison from strength of materials approximations, continuum mechanics approaches 4.Stress-strain relationship for an orthotropic lamina Orthotropic properties in plane stress 5.Laminate analysis Deformation due to extension/shear and bending/torsion A, B, D matrices Hygrothermal behavior Special laminates Average stress-strain properties 6.Concepts of failure of laminates Tensile failure of fiber composites Compressive failure of fiber composites Effect of multiaxial stresses (failure criteria by Tsai-Wu, Hashin, etc.) Edge effects 7. Laminated beams and shafts Effective stiffness of beams Effective stiffness of shafts

Classroom Etiquette
This section has been prepared using the material available on the web site of UC Davis Student Judicial Affairs, www. sja.ucdavis.edu/ The following expectations are to enhance the students ability to learn in this class, to avoid disruptions and distractions, and to improve the quality of the classroom experience. Repeated failure to meet these expectations may result in a lower grade for the course. Student Judicial Affairs gives the instructor the authority and discretion to set rules that foster student learning, and to determine what constitutes disruptive behavior.

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