course outline-mech 422-mech 6581- fall 2015

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Fall 2015 MECH 422/6581 - Mechanical Behavior of Polymer Composite Materials

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COURSE OUTLINE INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Mehdi Hojjati mehdi.hojjati@concordia.ca LECTURES: Monday 17:45-20:15 pm - Room FG-C070 OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday 13:00-15:00 pm or by appointment - Room EV 12-181 TEXTBOOK: “Stress Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials” by Micheal W. Hyer,

DEStech, 2009 CONTENT:

1- Overview of Composite Materials and Applications (Chapter 1) 2- Composite Manufacturing (Chapter 14) 3- Elastic Behavior of Unidirectional Lamina: On-Axis Properties (Chapters 2)

• Stress and Strain • Stress-Strain Relation • Environmentally Induced Stresses

4- Micromechanics (Chapter 3) 5- Elastic Behavior of Unidirectional Lamina: Off-Axis Properties (Chapters 4,5)

• Plane Stress Assumption • Stress and Strain Transformation • Stress and Strain relation in Global Coordinate System • Environmentally Induced Stresses

6- Failure Theories for Fiber Reinforced Materials (Chapters 9, 10) 7- Classical Lamination Theory- Elastic Behavior of Multidirectional Laminate (Chapters 6,7,8)

• Laminate Stiffness Matrix ABD • General Laminates • Symmetric Laminates • Balanced Laminates • Quasi-Isotropic Laminates

8- Stress and Failure Analysis of Multidirectional Laminate (Chapters 9, 10) 9- Environmentally Induced Stresses in Laminate (Chapter 11)

COURSE GRADING: Assignments %10 Midterm Exam %30 Final Exam %60 Please note: • Assignments MUST be submitted to the instructor in the class before or on the due date.