Design and Manufacture of Composites detailed syllabus for Plastics Technology (Plastics) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Plastics students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Plastics Technology 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Plastics 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to Plastics Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of design and manufacture of composites is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITE 9
Introduction to Composite Materials Constituents, Material forms Processing, Applications Definition – Need – General Characteristics, and Applications. Fibers – Glass, Carbon, Ceramic and Aramid fibers. Matrices – Polymer, Graphite, Ceramic and Metal Matrices –Characteristics of fibers and matrices.
Unit II
LAMINA CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS 9
Lamina Assumptions –Macroscopic Viewpoint. Generalized Hooke’s Law. Reduction to Homogeneous Orthotropic Lamina – Isotropic limit case, Orthotropic Stiffness matrix (Qij), Typical Commercial material properties, Rule of Mixtures. Generally Orthotropic Lamina – Transformation Matrix, Transformed Stiffness.
Unit III
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Unit IV
DESIGNING OF FIBRE REINFORCED PLASTICS 9
Design variables; Selection of fiber-matrix and manufacturing process; Effects of mechanical, thermal, electrical and environmental properties, Fiber orientation, Symmetric and asymmetric structure; Effects of unidirectional continuous and short fibers; Lamination theory
Unit V
MANUFACTURING PROCESSES 9
Open mold processes – Hand layup, Spray up, Vacuum bag, Pressure bag & autoclave, Centrifugal casting, Filament winding; Closed mold processes – Compression molding, Resin transfer molding (RTM), Injection molding, Sandwich panels , Pultrusion; SMC & DMC products, etc.
Case studies and applications
Design for failure; FEA design packages; Design examples & case studies in FRP. Damage in composites.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the students will be able to,
- Understand the basics of composites
- Gain knowledge on design of laminates
- Acquire training in design of FRP’s
- Understand various manufacturing processes for production of composites
- Gain knowledge through case studies and design examples of FRP
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Agarwal, B.D., and Broutman, L.J., “Analysis and Performance of Fibre Composites”, John Wiley and sons. Inc., New York, 1995.
- Hyer, M.W., “Stress Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials”, McGraw-Hill, 1998.
- Engineering Mechanics of Composite Materials, I. M. Daniel, O. Ishai, Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Krishnan K. Chawle. “Composite Material: Science and Engineering” Second Edition, Springer, 1998.
- F.C. Campbell “Structural Composite Materials”, Materials Park,ASM International,2010
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Plastics Technology 5th Sem, visit Plastics 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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