COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 4287 MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Mechanical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OKAN ÖZDEMIR

Offered to

Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to gain some general, experimental and theoritical knowledges about the mechanical behaviours of composites materials to students; and to develop the ability of them to solve problems in the field of mechanics of composite structures, especialy laminated composites.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to define composite materials and their application areas
2   Ability to calculate the mechanical properties of composites theoretically
3   Ability to determine the mechanical properties of composites experimentally
4   Ability to calculate and discuss the stresses occurred in laminated composites
5   Ability to design simple composite structures by using main failure criteria

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course content and information about the way of processing. General informations of composites: Introduction and classification of composites.
2 General informations of composites-continue : Reinforcements and matrix materials
3 Composite materials manufacturing techniques
4 Anisotropic materials and Anisotropic Elasticity.
5 Theoritical calculations of elastic material properties of a composite lamina.
6 Efficiency limits of composites in terms of strength
7 Efficiency limits of composites in terms of strength
8 Detarmination of mechanical properties of composite lamina by experimental methods.
9 Hooke Laws at Composites (Stress- Strain Relationships at Elastic Region)
10 Failure and Yield Criteria at Composites.
11 Failure and Yield Criteria at Composites (continue)
12 Stress-Strain calculations at laminated composite plates by stiffness matrices (A, B, D).
13 Stress-Strain calculations at laminated composite plates by stiffness matrices (A, B, D).- Examples
14 Sample design of a simple composite structure by finite element method

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Mechanics of Composite Materials, Autar K. Kaw, CRC Press (Taylor&Francis), 2006.
2. Mechanics of Laminated Composite Plates, Theory and Analysis, J.N. Reddy, (CRCPress), 1996
3. Mechanics of Composite Materials (Robert M. Jones, (Taylor&Francis), 1999

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

During first two or three weeks general informations such as, definition, classification and production of composites will be expressed by presentation and videos. In the remaining weeks, mechanical of composite materials will be given theoretically. Sample problems for each subject will be solved.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

In case the course is held in the form of distance education, two different homework assignments are given instead of midterm exams.

Assessment Criteria

All of them are measured by exams

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozdemir.okan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 3 33
Tutorials 1 3 3
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 15 8 120
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 2 8 16
Preparation for Final Exam 1 13 13
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 2 1,5 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.153
LO.253
LO.3143
LO.4553
LO.5552

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