Postgraduate Course: Advanced Composite Materials (MSc) (PGEE11232)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Advanced Composites Materials 5 is a predominantly laboratory-based course aimed at design, manufacture and testing of fibre reinforced composite materials. Students will learn how to design a reinforced composite laminate, the theory behind such design (Composite Laminated Plate Theory), and will carry out a comprehensive set of mechanical and physical tests on a representative fibre reinforced composite, in order to validate the design process by experimental manufacture and testing. Laboratories and coursework will constitute 100% of the marks for the course. There will be coursework using FEM software ABAQUS. |
| Course description |
The course will consist of 24 hours of lectures, plus 5 major laboratory experiments:
Lectures:
1.Composite Materials Overview ;4 hours
2.Composite Laminated Plate Theory-10 hours
3.Processing & Characterisation Techniques ;6 hours
4.Experimental Methods ;4 hours
Laboratory Experiments:
1.Lamina mechanical testing (tensile testing in fibre direction, transverse direction and shear testing)
2.Physical characterisation experiments
3.Off-axis tensile lamina testing
4.Multi-ply laminate tensile testing experiments
5.Multi-ply laminate flexure testing
Students should note that there will be coursework using FEM software ABAQUS.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 26,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 4,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 18,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Revision Session Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
144 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
40 %,
Coursework
60 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
CW 100% |
| Feedback |
Students given extended problems (e.g. past exam papers) to be worked through in class in advance. Can then assess their own progress if this question is attempted independently before the relevant lecture. Also discussions with course staff in tutorials and office hours. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 3:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Design a fibre-reinforced composite laminate using Composite Laminated Plate Theoryand combined anisotropic failure theories;
- Manufacture composite laminates and test specimens using pre-impregnated tape or resin infusion methods;
- Characterise fibre-reinforced composites using and mechanical test methods (tensile, off-axis tensile, flexure and compressive);
- Use displacement and strain gauges, contact and non-contact extensometry to measure specimen deformation and interpret mechanical test results on multi-angle composite laminates;
- Physically characterise degree of cure, fibre volume fraction and use optical and scanning electron microscopy to characterise failure surfaces.
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Reading List
Experimental Characterization of Advanced Composite Materials, 4thedition, Leif. A. Carlsson et al, CRC Press, 2014.
Introduction to Composites Materials Design, 2ndedition, E. J. Barbero, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, 2011.
An Introduction to Composite Materials, 2ndedition, D. Hull, T.W. Clyne, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Composite Materials: Engineering and Science, F.L. Matthews and R. D. Rawlings, CRC Press, 1999.
Thermal Analysis of Polymers: Fundamentals and Applications, Joseph D. Menczel, R. Bruce Prime, Wiley, 2009.
Manufacturing of Polymer Composites, Tomas Astrom, CRC Press, 1997 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Composite Materials,Design,Manufacture,Test,Analysis |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dongmin Yang
Tel: (0131 6)50 5644
Email: |
Course secretary | Mr James Foster
Tel: (0131 6)51 3562
Email: |
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