COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THEORY OF COMPOSITE PLATES AND SHELLS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NAHIT ÖZTOPRAK

Offered to

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

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to prepare the necessary theoretical background to analyze composite plate and shell structures and determine their mechanical behavior.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To gain knowledge about general topics of composite materials
2   To identify the problems of composite plate and shell
3   To determine the governing equations and constitutive relations
4   To compare the advantages and disadvantages of various solution methods
5   To select the most convenient solution method

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to composite materials: Basic concepts
2 Theoretical background and structural theories of analysis of composite plates
3 Classical laminated plate theory
4 First-order shear deformation theory
5 Analysis of laminated composite plate structure
6 Elastic instability of composite plates
7 Applications for the analysis of composite plates
8 Presentation of assignments
9 Basic terminology in shells
10 Classification of shells
11 Derivation of governing equations
12 Derivation of constitutive relations
13 Applications for the analysis of composite shells
14 Presentation of assignments
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Mechanics of Laminated Composite Plates and Shells: Theory and Analysis , 2nd Edition, J. N. REDDY, CRC Press, 2004.

2) Plate and Panel Structures of Isotropic, Composite and Piezoelectric Materials, Including Sandwich Construction, J. R. VINSON, Springer, 2005.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course is taught in a lecture, class presentation, problem-session and discussion format. All students are expected to attend the lecture, problem-session and discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRS 1 PRESENTATION 1
2 PRS 2 PRESENTATION 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRS 1 * 0.20 + PRS 2 * 0.20 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRS 1 * 0.20 + PRS 2 * 0.20 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Nahit Öztoprak
nahit.oztoprak@deu.edu.tr
Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Phone: 0 232 3019254

Office Hours

The lecturer will inform his suitable office hours on her weekly schedule on the office door.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
In-class practices 12 1 12
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for task-end progress evaluation 2 15 30
Preparing presentations 2 15 30
Final 1 3 3
Task-end progress evaluation (TEPE) 2 3 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 197

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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