COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR EVREN MELTEM TOYGAR

Offered to

M.Sc. Metallurgical and Material Engineering
Metallurgical and Material Engineering
Mechanics
Mechanics
Metallurgical and Material Engineering
Mechanics

Course Objective

Composite materials, which have high performance in structural applications, are used very effectively. Therefore it is necessary to develop accurate reliable predictive methods for describing their failure behavior and to have analytical representation of the individual failure modes and to understand how the physical properties of the constituents affect the fracture behavior of composite systems. The aim of this course is firstly to get the structural behavior and failure characteristics of composite materials with a cracked layer and fiber. Secondly, to calculate energy level by considering the strain energy density criterion to analyze the fracture behavior of unidirectional fiber-reinforced compositesand to understand the catastropic failure due to fiber breaking, matrix cracking and interface debonding. Thirdly, to get the structural behavior and failure characteristics of sandwich materials.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Textbook(s): G.C.Sih and E.P.Chen, Mechanics of Fracture : Cracks in Composite Materials, Martibus Nijhoff Publishers, 1981.
2. Supplementary Book(s):
- L.A Carlson and G.A. Kardomates, Structural Failure Mechanics of Sandwich Composites, Springer Dordrecht Haidelberg Londn New York, 2011.
References:
Materials:

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

There will be minimum 4 homeworks and 1 presentation, averaged out grades for which will be 20 % of the overall success of the students. mid-term examinations will be averaged and affect the grade by 30 %. Final exam will be 50 % of the resulting grade.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr.M.Evren Toygar
evren.toygar@deu.edu.tr
tel: +90 232 310 92 25

Office Hours

will be annonced at lecture.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes