COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPOSITE MATERIALS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 5101 COMPOSITE MATERIALS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR RAMAZAN KARAKUZU

Offered to

Mechanics
Mechanics

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to give students definition and classification of composite materials, obtaining mechanical properties by micro and macro views, using which failure criteria in composite materials and solution methods of problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To classifiy Composite Materials
2   To express stress-strain relations of composite materials
3   To determine mechanical properties of composite materials
4   To use failure criteria of composite materials
5   To formulate behaviors of Laminated composites
6   To solve problems regarding composite materials

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Classification and Characteristics of Composite Materials, Mechanical Behavior of Composite Materials, Basic Terminology of Laminated Fiberreinforced Composite Materials,
2 Stress-Strain Relations for Anisotropic Materials
3 Engineering Constants for Orthotropic Materials, Restrictions of Elastic Constants, Stress-Strain Relations for Plane Stress in an Orthotropic Material
4 Stress-Strain Relations for a Lamina of Arbitrary Orientation, Invariant Properties of an Orthotropic Lamina
5 Strength Concepts, Experimental Determination of Strength and Stiffness
6 Maximum Stress Theory, Maximum Strain Theory, Tsai-Hill Theory
7 Hoffman Theory, Tsai-Wu Tensor Theory, Hashin Criteria
8 Determination of E1, Determination of E2, Determination of 12, Determination G12
9 Mid Term Exam
10 Introduction, Tensile Strength in the Fiber Direction, Fibers of Equal Strength
11 Compressive Strength in the Fiber Direction, Transverse Mode, Summary Remarks on Micromechanics
12 Introduction, Classical Lamination Theory, Lamina Stress-Strain Relation
13 Strain and Stress Variation in a Laminate, Resultant Laminate Forces and Moments
14 Single-Layered Configuration, Symmetric Laminates, Antisymmetric Laminates, Nonsymmetric Laminates

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

A midterm and final exam are done to measure how much understanding of theory knowledge. Homoworks are given and a report of conducted laboratory is desired.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 PRJ PROJECT
4 ASG ASSIGNMENT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.25 + MTE 2 * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20

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)

ramazan.karakuzu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 21 21
Preparation for final exam 1 22 22
Preparing assignments 5 10 50
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.13
LO.2555
LO.35455
LO.4555
LO.5555
LO.6555

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