Teaching plan

This schedule is preliminary!

DateTeacherPlaceTopicLecture notes / comments
21.08.2009Brian Hayman  B91  Introduction; materials; unidirectional composites  Agarwal, Broutman & Chandrashekhara (AB&C) Ch. 1 + Sec. 2.1-2.2 + 3.1-3.5.

Recommended exercises: 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 & 3.7  

01.09.2009Brian Hayman  Room 534  Unidirectional composites (contd.). Orthotropic plies   AB&C 3.1-3.5, 5.1-5.3

Recommended exercises: 5.9, 5.10, 5.13, 5.1 & 5.4 

04.09.2009Brian Hayman  B70  Laminates  AB&C 6.1-6.6 
11.09.2009Brian Hayman  B70  Laminates, failure mechanisms & criteria  AB&C 6.7-6.8 + 3.6 + 3.8 + 5.4 + 8.1

Recommended exercises: 6.1, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6

Assignment 1 issued.  

17.09.2009Brian Hayman  B70  Production methods, mechanical testing  AB&C 2.3 + 10.3

NB day and time: Thursday 14.15 - 17.00 

25.09.2009    No lecture   
02.10.2009Brian Hayman  B70  Short fibre composites  AB&C Ch. 4

Recommended exercises: 4.1, 4.2

Assignment 1 to be handed in by 09.15 

09.10.2009Brian Hayman  B70  Laminated plates - 1  AB&C Ch. 7 up to Sec. 7.3.1. Handout (Z&B Ch. 5) up to p. 5.23 (parts only).

Recommended exercises: Z&B 5.1 and 5.2  

16.10.2009Brian Hayman  B70  Laminated plates - 2  AB&C Sec. 7.3.2 - 7.3.3. Handout (Z&B kap. 5) p. 5.23 - 5.30.

Recommended exercises: Z&B 5.6 and 5.7

Assignment 2 issued. 

23.10.2009Brian Hayman  B70  Composites in ANSYS  Z&B Ch. 8 
30.10.2009Brian Hayman  B70  Sandwich materials; sandwich beams - introduction, stresses  Zenkert Ch. 1-3 (specially Ch. 3).

Assignment 2 to be handed in by 09.15 

06.11.2009Brian Hayman  B70  Sandwich beams - deformations and examples  Zenkert Ch. 4

Assignment 3 issued. 

13.11.2009Brian Hayman  B70  Sandwich plates  Zenkert Ch. 8-9 (parts). We confine attention mainly to isotropic face sheets. 
20.11.2009Brian Hayman  B70  Failure modes in sandwich; local og global buckling  Zenkert Ch. 5-7 (omit Sec. 5.8-5.11).

Assignment 3 to be handed in by 09.15 

27.11.2009Brian Hayman  B70  Design criteria and rules  Handout. 
04.12.2009Brian Hayman  B70  Revision   
07.12.2009    Examination 09.00 - 12.00  Provisional date 
Published July 24, 2009 6:03 PM - Last modified Nov. 1, 2009 4:20 PM