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MEGR
493
Advanced Engineering Materials
Description:
Composite materials: analysis, design
and manufacturing. Selection of materials in
mechanical designs, engineering polymers, biomaterials
and nanomaterials. (spring, odd years*)
Who
takes it: Junior/senior mechanical
engineering students interested in the topic,
satisfies mechanical engineering elective requirement.
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Pre-requisite:
MEGR 350 Materials Science, CEEGR 221 Strength
of Materials, MATH 233 Linear Algebra, or instructor's
consent*
Course
objective: Understanding and the application
of modern advanced materials (mainly composite materials)
in mechanical engineering design (7 weeks). The course
also exposes students to design methodologies and
materials of current interest to mechanical engineers
(3 weeks).
Textbook:
Laminar
Composites by George H. Staab, Publisher:
Butterworth-Heinemann; (1999); ISBN: 0750671246 (Amazon
listed at $67.95)
Evaluation:
One two-hour final exam (40%), two hourly
exams (20% X 2), homeworks (15%), pop-quizzes (4%),
and professionalism (1%).
Topics
Covered:
- Composite
materials introduction, background, selected manufacturing
techniques (2 lectures)
- Generalized
stress, strain, and constitutive equations (4
lectures)
- Analysis
of unidirectional composite lamina (stiffness matrix,
stress transformation, plane stress) (4
lectures)
- Composite
lamina failure theories (max shear, max strain,
Tsai-Hill max work, Tsai-Wu tensor theory, buckling)
(4 lectures)
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Composite laminate analysis (classical lamination
theory, failure analysis, design for application)
(6 lectures)
- Selection
of materials in mechanical design (3
lectures) time permitting
- Engineering
polymers (2 lectures)
time permitting
- Biomaterials
(2 lectures) time
permitting
- Nanomaterials
(2 lectures) time
permitting
Special
Note:
- The
course is mathematically rigorous.
- Heavy
use of matrix algebra. The use of computation software
may become necessary. The deparment will provide
MATLABTM, but
you can use other softwares or even write your own
C++ solver codes.
- May
arrange a tour to a composite manufacturing or testing
facility in the Seattle area.
Sample
Lectures:
References:
Links:
Figure:
100x
SEM micrograph of a fracture surface on a titanium
matrix composite (reinforced by large diameter SiC
fiber) after fatigue failure. This photomicrograph
was taken by me in 1995.
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check with the instructor
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